Life changing advice

Green Mile

Has anyone received advice in their lives that you really took onboard and it stuck with you?

We all hear of good advice and we think "That's important, I should live by that rule" but we hardly do.

Can anyone actually say they've taken on advice and can say that it has definitely changed or heavily impacted their lives?

Maybe it was advice a friend or family gave, maybe a celebrity or maybe the advice was from one of those old proverbs?

".... but trust me on the sunscreen...."

AnonoBoy

To be honest I'm not a fan of live changing advice. I prefer my changing advice to be pre-recorded and I just watch the edited highlights.

mkdon05

"A positive Outlook encourages positive events" if more people took this on board Ireland would be a little less depressing than it is.

MrThrifty

Green Mile wrote: »

Has anyone received advice in their lives that you really took onboard and it stuck with you?

We all hear of good advice and we think "That's important, I should live by that rule" but we hardly do.

Can anyone actually say they've taken on advice and can say that it has definitely changed or heavily impacted their lives?

Maybe it was advice a friend or family gave, maybe a celebrity or maybe the advice was from one of those old proverbs?

Think your thread title should read "LIFE" changing!

Ruralyoke

A few very simple but effective ones:

Learn how to say "no" to people (an amazing amount of people can't)

Own up to your mistakes

Good manners go a long way

I generally do live by them - or at least try to.

ThinkAboutIt

Teaching someone how to spell 'life' so that they can get good life changing advice.

MagicMarker

I prefer my advice recorded.

Green Mile

AnonoBoy wrote: »

To be honest I'm not a fan of live changing advice. I prefer my changing advice to be pre-recorded and I just watch the edited highlights.

Yikes, thanks for that
I can't edit the title now though

SafeSurfer

An uncle of mine on hearing I got engaged

"Being single is not having sex with lots of people, being married is not having sex with just one person".

SEPT 23 1989

"The harder you work the luckier you get"

Scioch

Live changing advice sounds like a really shít premium phone line.

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SafeSurfer wrote: »

An uncle of mine on hearing I got engaged

"Being single is not having sex with lots of people, being married is not having sex with just one person".

An Irish Yoda came to mind when I read your post.

Green Mile

ThinkAboutIt wrote: »

Teaching someone how to spell 'life' so that they can get good life changing advice.

Done. Good advice.

im invisible

'The difference between being 17 and 27, is at 27 you look for the toilet paper BEFORE you start'

Mr Benevolent

SafeSurfer wrote: »

An uncle of mine on hearing I got engaged

"Being single is not having sex with lots of people, being married is not having sex with just one person".

I don't get it.

AskMyChocolate

"This above all: To thine own self be true
And it must follow,as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man."

im invisible

Confab wrote: »

I don't get it.

neither did he

im invisible

Neither a borrower nor a lender be...

Mr Benevolent

Life changing advice for me was to pull my trousers down before using the toilet. You would not believe how much of a difference it makes.

Nothingbetter2d

NEVER expect a proper well informed answer thats helpful in After Hours

that was the single biggest piece of advice i learned when i first started using boards that i stick by.

The more you smile, the more you'll smile.

Nothingbetter2d

Confab wrote: »

Life changing advice for me was to pull my trousers down before using the toilet. You would not believe how much of a difference it makes.

ah your doing it wrong.... buy trousers with a button flap at the back... keeps ya warm while you sit on the throne.

Ruralyoke

Deleted User wrote: »

The more you smile, the more you'll smile.

That's actually really sweet!

I just might start saying it
(In a Jim carey, Truman Show, wholesome type way)

leggo

If ya can't lift her, don't shift her.

golden lane

life is full of obstacles.........just, find out why you put them there...

Ruralyoke

Ruralyoke wrote: »

That's actually really sweet!

I just might start saying it
(In a Jim carey, Truman Show, wholesome type way)

Do! Say it! Spread the happiness!

And it's totally true too

allquestions

You'll never please everybody all of the time, so don't worry about it!

Sky King

Stop worrying and start lovin the bomb.

the groutch

"The second you look in the mirror and you’re happy with what you see, baby, you just lost the battle"

Dr. Perry Cox

kfallon

Don't shit on your own doorstep!

Unfortunately I only got this advice after I got caught short, couldn't get the key in the door quick enough! Damn you pear cider :pac:

SouthTippBass

When the sign says do not feed the bears, man, you better not feed the bears!

SEPT 23 1989

"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice"

Scooter

Derekmcauley7

"It's not hard to grow.... when you know that you just don't know."

Its a song lyric but it is something thing that is always on my mind.

watermark

when starting factory job few years ago boss says:
"ill show u how to do something the first time, the second time you can do it and ill guide u through, the third time you're on your own. and if you still dont know how to do it you can f**k off"
nice fellow

foxyboxer

Stop trying to impress other people, they won't notice, because they are too busy trying to impress you.

Yea to echo the above post and give a serious answer I think the only advice I was ever given that really shaped the way I went about my life for the better was that one should not judge oneself, ones achievements or ones abilities by the standards of others. The only person you need to be better than today is the person you were yesterday. Try to better yourself mentally and physically and morally and socially each day as best you can and all else will fall into place.

Not a day goes by therefore that I am not engaged in something which I think betters me. Improving some skill or other, working on my fitness, learning new knowledge or language - something, anything that improves upon the person I was the day before.

golden lane

Deleted User wrote: »

Yea to echo the above post and give a serious answer I think the only advice I was ever given that really shaped the way I went about my life for the better was that one should not judge oneself, ones achievements or ones abilities by the standards of others. The only person you need to be better than today is the person you were yesterday. Try to better yourself mentally and physically and morally and socially each day as best you can and all else will fall into place.

Not a day goes by therefore that I am not engaged in something which I think betters me. Improving some skill or other, working on my fitness, learning new knowledge or language - something, anything that improves upon the person I was the day before.

are you an alien.....et type...

golden lane

golden lane wrote: »

are you an alien.....et type...

If there is life on other planets then we are ALL aliens to them.

However not sure I am seeing your point, soz.

Catxscotch

"If you don't respect yourself, Nobody else will respect you either"

"Manners aren't hard to carry"

"Keep smiling, you never know who is falling in love with it"

"If you can't beat them, try harder"

a fat guy

No-one can love you until you learn to love yourself.

Mr.Plough

Proper preparation prevents p1ss poor performance

razorblunt

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

Never leave the house without that quick check!

Mr Benevolent

razorblunt wrote: »

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

Never leave the house without that quick check!

A bit antiquated now though.

golden lane

Deleted User wrote: »

If there is life on other planets then we are ALL aliens to them.

However not sure I am seeing your point, soz.

with such good advice.....hard to believe you are from this planet.....

amtw

Don't worry, be happy!

golden lane

golden lane wrote: »

with such good advice.....hard to believe you are from this planet.....

Well as I said it was advice given to me - not from me - so perhaps the person who gave it to me was an alien. He was Eastern and they tend to have good advice if anyone stops to listen or manges to glean anything from their usual impentatratable but rather interesting literatures.

I am sure we can not rule K-Pax out entirely. That Alien had it worked out.

Still giving advice to others is one thing our species is really good at so I would not suspect anyone of being an alien for giving any - good or bad. Actually _following_ some of it yourself on the other hand... that can take some otherwordly magic for some people I have met dispensing it.

foxyboxer

1. If you aim at nothing, then that's exactly what you will hit.
2. A part of all you earn is yours to keep.
3. Courtesy of Warren Buffet.

Rule #1: Don't lose Money.
Rule #2: Don't forget Rule #1.

golden lane

Deleted User wrote: »

Well as I said it was advice given to me - not from me - so perhaps the person who gave it to me was an alien. He was Eastern and they tend to have good advice if anyone stops to listen or manges to glean anything from their usual impentatratable but rather interesting literatures.

I am sure we can not rule K-Pax out entirely. That Alien had it worked out.

Still giving advice to others is one thing our species is really good at so I would not suspect anyone of being an alien for giving any - good or bad. Actually _following_ some of it yourself on the other hand... that can take some otherwordly magic for some people I have met dispensing it.

my only advice is.....is you never expect anything.....you will never be disappointed..

Thefirestarter

"Striving for perfection is the root of unhappiness."

"The man who moved mountains began by carrying small stones"

I'm not usually one that takes to proverbs, but I try and keep those two in mind when I'm struggling with something.

Grobbelaar

Deleted User wrote: »

Yea to echo the above post and give a serious answer I think the only advice I was ever given that really shaped the way I went about my life for the better was that one should not judge oneself, ones achievements or ones abilities by the standards of others. The only person you need to be better than today is the person you were yesterday. Try to better yourself mentally and physically and morally and socially each day as best you can and all else will fall into place.

Not a day goes by therefore that I am not engaged in something which I think betters me. Improving some skill or other, working on my fitness, learning new knowledge or language - something, anything that improves upon the person I was the day before.

I like this. Nice one taxAHcruel!