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Rattja

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This one is rather simple really, what is the best advice you have ever heard or come up with yourself?

As we make our way through life, we learn a lot of things, and we often try to pass on what we have learned. So if you had to pass on one piece of advice right now, what would it be?
Maybe you had someone in your family that told you to listen to your heart, or maybe some guy told you to wear sunscreen or not forget your towel.
Whatever it may be, I want to hear it.

My advice? Listen to music, no matter what it is, it will make it better.
 

Queen Michael

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As Alexandre Dumas wrote in The Three Musketeers, other people's advice is something you ask for either to ignore it or to blame it when things go awry.

With that said, though, the best advice I've come up with is that when you're choosing between two options and can't decide, what you should do is to pick the option that you know you'll go with eventually. Saves time.
 

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It was the quote "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

Basically, if you don't try to do something, you instantly fail. If you do try, you might fail, but you also might succeed. It's either an insta-fail or a maybe fail, maybe succeed. The latter option gives you a much better chance of succeeding (ie. higher than a zero percent chance), so it's the one you should pick.

Even if I frequently ignore this advice, it's still really good.
 

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Listening to music is a great one. Somebody (I wish I could remember exactly who) once told me years ago to "shrink the bigger picture" whenever things seem too big to handle or influence in any way. Whenever things have seemed daunting or hopeless in scope, that advice has been invaluable. Works well with "treat every day like your first day on Earth".

Er, lemme see..."don't put the cart before the horse", that was also a good one. I also heard (though I can't remember the exact wording) "Everyone you will ever meet is like a book that's being written as they live and breathe and walk past you in the street. When you meet them, remember that you're writing a chapter in the book that is their life. So make sure it's a good one."

A lot of the little sayings I heard directly from people or picked up otherwise through avenues I can't precisely recall (probably films mostly, plus a scattering of books) seemed eye-rolling and treacly at first, but their benefits have been unmatched. One of the best pieces of advice I've ever heard began with the words, "Go placidly..."
 

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"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life".

I think it's pretty solid advice. I know lots of people already spend a lot of time and effort trying to find their perfect job but I still like it :) If that advice is daunting then here's something else to help those who think any effort in finding their perfect job is wasted if they don't find it right away;

"You can't steer a parked car".
 

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Rattja said:
not forget your towel.
Always know where your towel is.

OT: The way I get through browsing the internet every day is to believe that unless something directly impacts me, there's no reason for me to take it personally. And very, very few things that are said or happen over the internet directly impact me. I know who I am and what I stand for, and nothing anybody says in a blog post or opinion piece is going to change that. My actions and words speak for themselves, and I don't need the backing of any sort of silly internet activism to validate that.

It's also why I don't particularly care when people say things like "All JRPGs are shit!" or "Mass Effect 3/Diablo III are the worst games ever released!" or "Banjo-Kazooie sucks!" (Okay, that last one is an exaggeration; nobody believes Banjo-Kazooie sucks.) With the exception of trying to get them to actually voice the reasoning behind their opinions, I tend to not engage those discussions unless I'm bored because them not liking something I like won't reduce my enjoyment of it, and people on the internet rarely change their minds about anything.

Oh, yeah, "people on the internet rarely change their minds about anything." That gets me to bow out of a lot of arguments when it becomes clear that I'm just bashing my head into a brick wall, because at a certain point it becomes no longer worth trying to get people to understand (or in some cases even see) a position that doesn't align 100% with their own; even if you both happen to be on the same "side" of the actual topic.
 

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"Don't be an asshole."

A simple one, really. Karma may not be a real tangible thing, but if you're good to people you're more likely to be treated the same.
 

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[I/]don't waste your time[/I]

seriously ask yourself if you could be doing something better with your time and do it, and yes that means internet arguments
 

Little Woodsman

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At one point in Death:The High Cost of Living Death/DiDi says "It's no harder to be nice than to be creepy." I've always loved that one and modified it in to my personal motto "It's no harder to be nice than to be a jerk."

A lot of people have asked me for advice over the years, and appreciated what I told them so it's hard to pick one out... the only one that's springing to mind is from when a co-worker asked me "How do you beat someone at their own game?" and I replied "Don't play it."
 

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Rattja said:
This one is rather simple really, what is the best advice you have ever heard or come up with yourself?

As we make our way through life, we learn a lot of things, and we often try to pass on what we have learned. So if you had to pass on one piece of advice right now, what would it be?
Maybe you had someone in your family that told you to listen to your heart, or maybe some guy told you to wear sunscreen or not forget your towel.
Whatever it may be, I want to hear it.

My advice? Listen to music, no matter what it is, it will make it better.
It's Heinlein, actually, Lazarus Long:

"The more you love, the more you can love and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just."

I found this pretty much the only truth in life thus far. Even the scientific laws are subject to change but still not our human reasons for living.
 

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I actually got it from a Garfield comic, but it's served me well so many times. Never assume. And as an addendum, if you must assume, proceed with caution and doubt. The last panel is burnt into my brain, and has appeared whenever I've needed it.

 

CpT_x_Killsteal

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Something I came up with myself:

"Never trust anyone fully. Overly harsh cunty words."

They might be just looking out for themselves, or maybe they just haven't thought things through, or they've underestimated/overestimated themselves or the situation. Find out the details for yourself, don't just blindly trust what you've been told, even if it was by a close friend.

If you take someone else's advice and fuck up, you have only you to blame. Blaming the other person is pointless. Also, if you let someone lead you into disaster or stupidity, it's again you're own fault.

Which leads me to another one: "Accept responsibility for your own actions (even if you can get away with not doing so)." Something I made to stop myself from stooping to the levels of the type of people I despise.

And one last one that I can't really fit into a "quote".
They're not your friend if:
- You can't have fun together without bagging each out and putting eachother down.
- They throw you under the bus when they're with their other friends.
- You wouldn't risk your lives for eachother.
 

dragoongfa

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Something I came up with myself:

School; you will only learn that you need in life after you graduate from it.
 
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CpT_x_Killsteal said:
Something I came up with myself:

"Never trust anyone fully. 99% of the people in the world are either greedy, selfish or incompetent."
I'm guessing you don't include yourself in that sentence, which makes the whole 'everyone in the world is stupid but me' attitude all the more annoying.

OT: 'Whatever happens, happens.'

There isn't much in life that a change of attitude won't give you a new perspective on things. Shit is going to happen to you, it's how you decide to take it which changes everything.
 

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Aw man... I suck at this whole "advice" thing... I mean:

Your mind is the computer...
Every joke is just someone else's joke done better or worse...

My glob, they both sound either terrible and/or pretentious...

However, the best advice I've ever gotten was:

Dance like you've never danced before.

I don't know who said it... But, it reminds me that the Step Up movies are more than just a guilty pleasure of mine...
 

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Huff, there are several i like but don't really work and several that work but I don't like.

Best advice that really worked for me so far and that I like is

"To be happy with someone else first you must be happy by yourself"

I saw nothing truer in this world.
 

Sounga

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I usualy stick to "If you can't afford to buy a new one/fix it don't touch it."
Came in handy when I started driving stored enough for the deductible for insurance away just in case. It didn't last a month before I needed to use it. I'm a bit accident prone before i get behind the wheel of a car luckily i just rear ended a parked car. Unfortunately it was one of my family's so i had to pay to get them both fixed.