Life's pitfalls are a glance backwards into reality. It's a reality check, so to say. This is a closer look at how life ought to be lived. But it's not a book of regrets. It's a book of lessons learnt by falling into ditches and getting out. When writing this book, I don't for one moment claim to have all the answers to life. Many of the pitfalls you will read here will to some appear pure common sense, but I also know that even common sense is a product of experience, and may not be so common after al Sometimes one needs to fall into a ditch for one to realize how deep it is. You will be lucky if one can point out the ditch before you fall into it head first! If by going through this book a life will be changed, even if its one, then it would have achieved its aim. We all learn from mistakes, what is bad is to repeat them or to ignore the warnings. Warning signs on the high way are not for decorations; they may save a life! In life we ought to learn from one another. Every body has something he can teach the other, regardless of age, gender, and profession. It's only a fool that looks down on others. The only thing that differentiates us is that, others are prepared to document things, while the earth continues to spin on its axis. Do not be afraid to share your experiences. The biggest critics I know are those who sit on the side lines, afraid to take the plunge. I am not a life coach, for I have always hated labels, especially if they are not earned. I believe the mind of a person must be able to explore without regard to artificial labels. A life coach is one who claims to know it all, who has answers to every situation in life. I don't, and don't think any one has, either. But some things I know and some things you know. This little book is a treatise on sharing with you just part of the cake of life, not all. Much of what you are about to read is part of personal experience, part of experiences of those that have been close to me and of course, part of it from observations of successful and unsuccessful people, coupled with a bit of research here and there. By all means don't treat what will follow in this book as gospel truth for sometimes circumstances do change. Always be aware that truth is relative to time and space. Nothing is cast in stone. This as it may be, human nature has been well studied and some things we simply have to agree upon. You can't deny that the brain is the citadel of your body for instance; it's the commander in chief of all military operations in your body! Neither am I claiming to discover America, old Columbus did that for us. Am told it's in the Western hemisphere, I checked it up in an atlas and its true! Isn't that amazing? I didn't have to grapple in the dark for answers, for some one took the trouble to reveal the secret! Don't be afraid to be different.Dont be afraid to differ with people.Dont expect the world to agree with you. If that happens, chances are, you have nothing worth while to offer. When every body agrees with you, reexamine your views. Non conformity has been, through the better part of history, the mother of progress.