What is the best advice you have received?

[thirdcup]

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[Adam_hadam]

Never buy anything that floats flies or fucks.

For those over 50
1. Never pass a bathroom.
2. Never waste a hard on.
3. Never trust a fart.

Sir, you are spot on.

 

[Adam_hadam]

Trust your gut

 

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace,” Jimi Hendrix.

 

[SchlongConery]

Never buy anything that floats flies or fucks.

The way I heard it was:

"If it floats, flies or fucks... rent, don't buy."

 

[Fradi]

You make your own luck in life.

 

[Problem_child]

The future is uncertain so always make the best of the present

Listen more than you speak

Forget injuries , never forget kindness

 

[thirdcup]

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[Leimonis]

blessed are those who fuck when young, shit without pain when old and don't lend money to friends.

 

[thirdcup]

I am still taking Albert Einstein's advice (see the opening comment), and I gotta say, it still works. There have been plenty of times a conflagration could have erupted amongst family members in this lockdown, but I kept my cool. And the comments that I feel I had reason to reply to, and chose not to, thus turned those fightin' words into water under the bridge.
This is also a clever way to bump the thread to the top.

Now that the lockdown is several months old, is there any newer, better advice out there?

 

[Lovely_Lovelynn]

I don't know if this is the best advice I've ever received, but it's certainly the best I've received in my memory. I got it from a book. It was a story involving Professor Albert Einstein (perhaps you've heard of him) In the story, after he gave a talk he was approached by a journalist, and the journalist asked him to spell out the recipe for success. Einstein thought for a second and then said if success is equals A, then A= X + Y + Z. Einstein then elaborated. He said X is find something that you are good at and you enjoy doing. Y means work hard at it. Then, according to the story, Einstein went silent. So the journalist prompted him. 'What does Z stand for?' To which Einstein replied "Keep your mouth shut."

Apparently common sense is not so common. It takes a genius to figure it out. Since I read that, I've taken it to heart. And I gotta say it has improved my relationships. I get along better with my siblings, other relatives, my wife and kids. The only(?) time I open my mouth is when a decision is being made that impacts me. When my kids or my wife gives me grief about something I say to myself "I'm channeling Einstein" or "Serenity now (from Seinfeld)." I've discovered this keeps the little things little and more often than not they fizzle out.

How about the rest of you?

Excellent post, and even better sig quotes

 

[thirdcup]

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[lessjamie7]

Ask about diarrhea before rimming.

LJ

 

[Coolsin000]

I am still taking Albert Einstein's advice (see the opening comment), and I gotta say, it still works. There have been plenty of times a conflagration could have erupted amongst family members in this lockdown, but I kept my cool. And the comments that I feel I had reason to reply to, and chose not to, thus turned those fightin' words into water under the bridge.
This is also a clever way to bump the thread to the top.

Now that the lockdown is several months old, is there any newer, better advice out there?

Maybe this will help you?

"If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. And it is in your power to wipe out this judgment now." - Emperor Marcus Aurelius of the Roman Empire, Meditations

Summary: Stoic philosophy definitely helps with stress, as it has helped Marcus Aurelius to destress while running the Roman Empire.


"When you have something to say, rather it is positive or negative - remember this, "Once you say something you cannot retrieve it back". So, watch what you say to people." From my Grandmother.

Summary:
Do I need to explain this? My grandmother was very wise woman - she never had a formal education. She can't read or write. But she spoke like a true lawyer. My father share this advice experience to me when I was about 20 yrs old.


"The Dao can never truly be known, even if you truly know what is the Dao, it is not the Dao itself." Dao Dej Jng/Tao Te Ching - The first passage.

Summary:
Life is forever changing. It's like a river that constantly moving forward with or without you. So, whatever circumstance you are in, whether it is positive or negative, it will pass - it is just a matter of time. Since life is constantly changing, you and everyone will also change too - even if you don't accept the changes within the world. For that, there is no absolute object/ a thing that stays the same; which there is no absolute truth in this world. When there is no absolute truth in this world, there is no absolute boundary within this world. Overall, if you think you know something, chances are, you don't know because the truth is relativism.


"Life is full of suffering. If you cannot accept the suffering, you will suffer more." Buddhism - The four Noble Truths.

Summary:
Life is suffering. When you accept the condition / the circumstance in that environment - you will actually enjoy the process of learning and start living your life. If you don't accept the condition in that environment, you will actually suffer in that environment. Overall, life is out of your control but what you can control is your behaviour and your attitude toward life.

 

[anon1]

Buy Apple when it had just gone bankrupt and could be had for $1 a share.
I didn't listen.

 

[yomero5]

Never make the same mistake twice.

 

[New World]

Pay it forward

 

[JackBurton]

“Be interesting enough that women chase you”

 

[RaphaelD]

“Be interesting enough that women chase you”

Excellent advice.
Now, how do I do that?

 

[Meesh]

Don't cut the red wire.