What is the best piece of advise you ever received...

Carla Hurst-Chandler · Post by **Carla Hurst-Chandler** » 15 Jul 2012, 09:14

~laughing~

You're welcome...

Actually the line was if you want LOYALTY to get a Cocker Spaniel...and you are right...they make terrible chess players!

dindindin · Post by **dindindin** » 16 Jul 2012, 19:51

"Remember to tip her. Every john tonight has stiffed her."
"Of course they stiffed her, that's what she gets paid for."

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 26 Jul 2012, 20:53

"Get a job!!" My dad.

pi_r_round · Post by **pi_r_round** » 27 Jul 2012, 13:44

"A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from somebody elses mistakes."

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 27 Jul 2012, 14:31

pi_r_round wrote:"A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from somebody elses mistakes."

Good one, I heard that before, its very true.

pi_r_round · Post by **pi_r_round** » 27 Jul 2012, 15:15

StephenKingman wrote:
pi_r_round wrote:"A smart man learns from his mistakes. A wise man learns from somebody elses mistakes."
Good one, I heard that before, its very true.

What's the difference between a smart man and a wise man?
About 40 years.
Don't I know it. This is a true story. Five years ago I quit drinking. I was taking my annual physical(my job requires
it). The doctor who examined me asked me the usual questions. Are you a smoker? Shortness of breath? Is your Daddy
rich and your Momma good looking? When he asked me if I drank, I said "A little. How much is a little? Six pack a day.
Your kidding!!! If your not in a treatment program, I can sign you into one right now. Good God, you're an alcoholic!!"
I laughed. I thought he was putting me on. He wasn't. He carried on this way for another 5 minutes. Finally, I said,
you know, Doctor, you're starting to annoy me. If you don't shut up, I'm going to quit just to shut you up. And I did.
So for me, 40 years is just about right. I started drinking when I was 15. 40 years later I quit. The irony is that I quit
for the same reason I started: Somebody told me I shouldn't. The moral of the story: Don't wait 40 years to be wise.
Do it now.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 27 Jul 2012, 19:25

The same thing happened to me more or less but for a different reason. When I was a kid I quit school in my second year, I wanted to get a job and a car and girls and be a big shot.I got a job washing cars, then I got a really high class job shaking hides in a slaughterhouse. Thats got to be the worst job in the world. I got a 41 Plymouth convertible for 45 dollars, I pushed that thing more than I ever drove it, but I had a few girls so that was OK. I thought I was a really cool stud but as the years went by I realized to get anywhere you need an education. I never did, I piddled along most of my life thinking what do I need an education for? Im doing OK. But thinking back on it now, I wish I had made something of myself. Im fairly smart, I think I could have amounted to something. You young guys, stay in school go somewhere with your lives. Or you will end up shaking hides. Getting an education is both wise and smart.

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 28 Jul 2012, 03:30

^ Great post Bighuey. I left school after my Leaving Cert at 17 and wanted a job straight away, I didnt want to go to college at all, I just wanted money and a car and status and to travel. I ended up 4 years in a mind-numbingly boring factory job putting toy parts in boxes. The money was good but I just wasnt happy with my life, I needed education so I signed up for collee and got my degree in Chemstry and as a result of that I now have an extremely good job where my skills are used and Im training all the time, best thing I ever did.

What gave me the push was snide comments from my coworkers "Oh, you are here for life" "You will never make it to college" etc, I didnt want to end up wasting my life and being so bitter like them so I sorted myself out.

Bighuey · Post by **Bighuey** » 28 Jul 2012, 09:47

Good for you, Mike. You know what it is like to start from the bottom. Sounds like you are on your way to somewhere.

ahujon · Post by **ahujon** » 09 Aug 2012, 08:36

Don't give someone advice unless they ask for it.

StephenKingman · Post by **StephenKingman** » 09 Aug 2012, 11:24

ahujon wrote:Don't give someone advice unless they ask for it.

Thats a good one, I think I can be guilty of taking people who talk or confide in me as a sign that they need my advice instead of just listening with a patient ear..