Delta Goodrem reveals she ‘learnt to be careful of who you surround yourself with’ during her 20s

She’s the Australian singer who was thrust into the limelight when her debut single, Born to Try, topped the charts at the tender age of 18.

And on Sunday, Delta Goodrem revealed the most important lesson she learnt at the beginning of her career.

The 36-year-old told Body+Soul she learnt to surround herself with the right people in life during her 20s.

‘In this decade, I learnt to be careful of who you surround yourself with,’ she said.

‘Everyone experiences, from time to time, being let down by some people who you have in your life, and I definitely learnt that lesson in my 20s.’

Delta also said she’s ‘grateful’ for her experiences because it’s taught her to let things go.

‘I can look back now and be grateful for what I did learn then, and my ability to now let things go and move on… That’s another lesson – moving forward without letting challenges hold you back,’ she explained.

The songstress also stunned on the cover of the lift-out in a long white dress which featured cut outs on either side.

Delta also showed off her incredible figure as she posed in a green halter neck jumpsuit.

It comes after Delta revealed her stratospheric rise to fame was so consuming, that she didn’t get to try her first alcoholic beverage until she was 27.

‘I’d worked from such a young age that it wasn’t until my late twenties that I finally started to have my teenage years,’ she told The Daily Telegraph last week.

She added: ‘I had so much going on in my teens there wasn’t really the space to have a few drinks and have my friends look after me.

‘But in my late twenties I had that period of self-discovery, things had started to get a bit much for me around that time.’