Best Advice?
What's the best advice you've ever gotten and how has it served you well?
The best advice IMO is the one you follow and try to pass on.
I've gotten a lot of good advice through the years but the one that influenced who I became as a person is the one I consider the most valuable.
How about you?
If thereis one single bit of good advice, it came from and NCO 30 or so years. He said, "act calm and panic later". Sounds simple, but has served me well for many years
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When I was a little boy, my mom told me "You're going to learn how to take care of yourself, because one day, there may not be anyone else to do it."
Writer of wrongs.
Honey, just cuz I talk slow doesn't mean I'm stupid. (Jake- Sweet Home Alabama)
"Stop Global Whining"
"take the path of least risistance" had always stuck with me.
most times i remember it when im NOT doing it but it helps me to rethink things and move forward.
This is shinola. This is .....
I still have trouble with that on occasion.
Actually......Take the time to do the right thing right the first time. It will save you time in the long run.
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Stay in school! Unfortunatley I didn't follow it until my late 30's.
My boss told me one time "never argue with an idiot, after a while people will get you mixed up". It worked really well once when he and I were discussing something, and I told him I couldn't discuss it with him any more, because of what he said about arguing with an idiot. He gave me dirty looks until the day he retired.
One advice that I've gotten as a kid and don't practice nearly as much as I should is, "Count to 10 before you respond."
So many times I wish I had, and so many times I was glad I did.
The forum brings it back to mind.
1...2...3...don't be given me that...oh, ....4.....5.....
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See, it works!Originally Posted by Rick
people are like water, they seek their own level
work smarter, not harder
when all else fails, use brute force
it is better to be silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
god made the world with everything in it we need (i try to keep this in mind)
there's several others, but they escape me at the moment. anyway, those are the ones I keep at the front of my mind.
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller
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Best bits of advice?
Only rely on yourself, others will let you down.
Neither a borrower or lender be.(I've ignored this one a couple of times and "lost" some good stuff)
I you don't know it, learn it.
Recession; A period when you go without something your Grandparents never heard of.
My quote:
"When Wealth is Lost, Nothing is Lost;
When Health is Lost, Something is Lost;
When Character is Lost, ALL IS LOST!"
Colonel Charles Hyatt as seen on a sign in the auditorium in the original Old Main building of the former Pennsylvania Military College.
It it amazing how something that simple-appearing applies to life constantly.
When Wealth is Lost, Nothing is Lost;
When Health is Lost, Something is Lost;
When Character is Lost, ALL IS LOST!!!!!!!
Colonel Charles Hyatt circa 1880
It's also amazing how few keep those priorities in order.
Seems like "character" is always the first to go, doesn't it?
"The anticipation of the battle is always worse than the battle itself.....So cowboy up". This has served me well and holds true 99.9% of the time. The second most useful piece of advise I've ever been given goes like this, "When Momma is happy, everybody is happy....When momma ain't happy, nobody is happy". How true.
I don't know where you heard that, but my 8 years old son made the observation many years ago, and I have repeated it often, seems very astute and true for a young child."The anticipation of the battle is always worse than the battle itself.....So cowboy up". This has served me well and holds true 99.9% of the time. The second most useful piece of advise I've ever been given goes like this, "When Momma is happy, everybody is happy....When momma ain't happy, nobody is happy". How true
My father told me the "Experience is the best teacher", usually after I did something really dumb, and it still echoes in my head when I'm gonna do something new/questionable.
The other piece of advice was from my mother, "Trust your instincts" (the little guy inside will know what to do.) Saved my behind many times.........
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Evoking the 50 year old rule...
First 50 years...worried about the small stuff...second 50 years....Not so much
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Best advice I ever got... Hmmm
Soldier On
If it doesn't kill you it only makes you stronger
There is no can't
Never give up
Never eat the yellow snow
Never ride a bicycle without a seat
Never pizz off Nell
Never run with scissors
Never go to bed angry
Never judge a book by its cover
and don't pay the ferry man until he gets you to the other side... lol.
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There is no greater solitude than that of the Tracker in the forest, unless perhaps it's that of the wolf in the wilderness.
Never put all of your eggs in one basket!
Keep in mind the problem may be extremely complicated, though the "Fix" is often simple...
"Teaching a child to fish is the "original" introduction to all that is wild." CS
"How can you tell a story that has no end?" Doc Carlson
My grandpa once told me "NEVER pay a man to do a job that you can do yourself..its just hard work boy, it aint gonna kill ya." whenever i think about complaining about something i think about that.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. -Thoreau
"Son, you want to be shutting the f*** up, right now"--my Dad, 1963
"Don't let anyone else do your thinking for you" ---same guy
"Once you make a decision, stick with it no matter what. In the long run, it'll teach you to make better decisions"--my oldest brother, 1976
some fella confronted me the other day and asked "What's your problem?" So I told him, "I don't have a problem I am a problem"
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