Life Advice

[Milo]

Don’t fry bacon naked

Can't be scared.

 

[wesheltonj]

Most people do not understand deferred gratification, find someone who does.

Don’t look at potential, potential may never arrive.

Buy a Rolex.

 

[DillonG]

My grandfather had a good saying that helped me. “Nobody is coming to save you”. Good man, drafted into the Marines during Korea. He was tough, but very honest.

 

[V.Veritas]

When you change the way you look at things,
the things you are looking at change.

 

[SCHUNTER73]

It takes exactly the same amount of effort to be kind as it does to be rude.

 

[BigSteve57]

Work harder than anyone else. Work all night and all weekend and you'll have the answer Monday morning when no one else will.
Like this:

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Expect no sympathy for a hangover, give none.

 

[chashardy]

Find something you are passionate about and make that your career. You should be excited about getting up in the morning and going to work. If you wake up thinking "ugh, I have to go to work" then you need to find another career.

 

[WAB]

Find something you are passionate about and make that your career. You should be excited about getting up in the morning and going to work. If you wake up thinking "ugh, I have to go to work" then you need to find another career.

I was about to say exactly this. Pursue your passion! If you are passionate about what you do, hard work is enjoyable and success is a natural outcome.

 

[Pablo]

My Dad had a saying that has stayed with me and I’ve tried to live by it.
“Say what you mean, and mean what you say.”

 

[Tex .416]

I’ll add a few.

Keep your word no matter how hard or costly it may be.

Listen to people’s words, but when their words do not match their actions, judge them based on their acts.

Make results, not excuses.

Buy more experiences and fewer things.

 

[LimbNoMo]

Well…given what has happened over the past year in my life, “Live like it will never happen to you, but prepare for when it does.”

 

[sniper7]

if you ever get tired of me and want to find someone else. too bad, take a nap, get some sleep and I'll se you when you wake up.

 

[Scott CWO]

I told my kids this and they turned out well:

Your success and life is the total of your decisions. All you have to do is make one good decision at a time and then string them all together. It’s not that hard and it breaks it down and makes things seem easier to accomplish. String together hourly good decisions into days and those days of good decisions into weeks and those weeks of good decisions into months and those months of good decisions into years and you will have a successful life.

From my father:
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
About finding the right spouse: You can fight with the rich ones just like the poor ones!

 

[Newboomer]

Learn from your mistakes.
Learn more from other peoples mistakes.

My philosophy: "I think I can, therefore I will." You can do anything you set your mind to.

 

[BGGMKLR]

I am working on writing up some thoughts for a nephew about to graduate and go off into the world. I definitely have lots of thoughts, but given this forum is a nice gathering of men who have done well in life and lived some adventures, I am interested in advice and pearls of wisdom from this group of men and the handful of women here too.

One of the true highlights of my life was the honor to address the faculty, parents, and graduating class of my high school alma mater...45 years after my own graduation there. It was a bucket list headliner for a very long time, but in honesty, my motive was not pure. I was.. at the very best...a poor student. I failed the 9th grade epically. Zero credits for the first half, and expelled the 2nd half because a teacher hit me ( the 60's) and I hit him back.
How in the world they promoted me to Sophomore will forever remain a mystery. Sophomore year...brand new school, brand new start.
I was told by my counselor and most all teachers that I was wasting my time and theirs as I would not be able to graduate with my peers and friends. Impossible.
I would need to go to summer school every summer for 3 years, take 3 classes instead of 2...no shop, PE, etc...all solids...Math, History, English.
All clearly said I didn't have it in me.
Looking back, motivation comes in many forms, and the fact that no one believed in me (for good reason) lit a raging fire.
I dedicated myself to the hard work, took those extra classes and walked the stage with my classmates in 1969.
Graduated with a B+ average and was offered a partial scholarship to 2 colleges to play baseball.
I wanted desperately to address the guys/girls at their graduation who were like me...not the class President or Honor Society kids.
My address was 15-20 minutes long, but condensed, went something like this.

"My sincere congratulations to each and every graduating Senior. Well done. Your hard work has finally paid off.
But, now the real work starts, and I offer this as your introduction to the real world. None of you are special. Regardless of what you have been told by your parents, friends and teachers. Some of you barely made this celebration, and some never broke a sweat. Some of you have been told you could be President, or the Pope, or "anything you want to be". Others have been convinced that they'll never amount to anything.
This week tens of thousands of High Schools across this Country are doing exactly what we are doing right now. Graduating 100's of thousands of kids.
None of them...not one...is special.
But, you all have a clean slate.every single one of you.
You want to be special?
Prove it.
Start today."

 

[Altitude sickness]

 

[Russ16]

When I was off to boarding school my grandfather wrote me a letter, in the letter he had transcribed the poem "If" by Kipling. I still have it, framed in my office.

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This hangs in my home and office.

 

[Russ16]

Two that came from my football coach that stick with me.

“If you’re gonna be a bear be a grizzly” in other words whatever you are be the biggest baddest version you can be.

“If you’re going to make a mistake make it going full speed” which I alway take to mean mistakes of effort and action are far better than mistakes from lack of effort or inaction. Take action with your best judgement and intentions and even if it’s wrong you’ve done the right thing.

 

[cpr0312]

Look people in the eye and have a firm handshake.

Always conduct yourself with integrity and stick to your morals and values.