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Best advice received? 11:13 - Oct 24 with 8437 viewsSonofpugwash

What's the best piece of advice someone has ever given you?

I was in Morrisons some years ago and a Scotsman lurched up and intoned.
"Keep it in yer troosers."

You know what,I haven't looked back since.

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Best advice received? on 11:20 - Oct 24 with 5427 viewsTomS

I have held onto a couple of pearls of wisdom thrown my way:

1) Honesty isn't the best policy, it's the only policy.

2) Nobody ever went bust taking a profit.
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Best advice received? on 11:25 - Oct 24 with 5404 viewsrobith

I know repeat it ad infinitum to younger staff but "The only stupid question is the one you don't ask"
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Best advice received? on 11:42 - Oct 24 with 5342 viewsBucksRanger

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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Best advice received? on 11:45 - Oct 24 with 5336 viewsEsox_Lucius

If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

The grass is always greener.

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Best advice received? on 11:46 - Oct 24 with 5331 viewsLanhoop

Look for Competence not Confidence.
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Best advice received? on 11:49 - Oct 24 with 5327 viewsted_hendrix

One Sunday morning about 65 Years ago when I was about 7 Years old, I walked into our tiny kitchen just as my old Dad was polishing his shoes, the silly sod looked up at me and said "before you go out on a Sunday allway's make sure you polish your shoes and brylcreem your hair"
That's all he said.

Daft sod.

Still trying to work It out.

My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.

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Best advice received? on 11:59 - Oct 24 with 5281 viewsstevec

First boss circa 1980. Beg, borrow, steal, stop eating, whatever it takes, buy your own place now.
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Best advice received? on 12:03 - Oct 24 with 5254 viewsDavieQPR

My dad always said about the traffic in London 'it is better to be late than the late'.
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Best advice received? on 12:11 - Oct 24 with 5235 viewsLogman

When I made a big mistake in my first job my boss said to me 'The man that never did anything never made any mistakes'

The words have remained with me every time I have f*cked up since.
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Best advice received? on 12:15 - Oct 24 with 5213 viewsJuzzie

Love many, trust few, but always paddle your own canoe.
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Best advice received? on 12:26 - Oct 24 with 5181 viewsWilkinswatercarrier

From my late Dad, "only borrow what you can afford to pay back". Great advice that has kept me financially secure.
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Best advice received? on 12:29 - Oct 24 with 5168 viewsPetros

It's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder.
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Best advice received? on 12:31 - Oct 24 with 5160 viewsstowmarketrange

Don’t eat yellow snow.
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Best advice received? on 12:34 - Oct 24 with 5134 viewsBrianMcCarthy

The man with the full cup walks slowly.

I rushed this earlier. It's a hard one to explain. An elderly friend gave me this nugget years ago as I was, and still am inside, extremely impetuous. Dangerously so. The phrase taught me not to rush into decisions. Your cup is full. Keep it that way.

It really helped me avoid arguments, fights and stupid decisions.
Most of them, anyway!
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"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
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Best advice received? on 12:46 - Oct 24 with 5078 viewsLoftusR

"If this job was easy then someone with less talent than you would be doing it". This was a quote from a desk top calendar I had years ago. I tore out the quote and pinned it on my desk.
I might still have it in a box of old stuff somewhere. Always kept me sane when things went tits up.
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Best advice received? on 12:47 - Oct 24 with 5077 viewsRBlock

Best advice received? on 12:26 - Oct 24 by Wilkinswatercarrier

From my late Dad, "only borrow what you can afford to pay back". Great advice that has kept me financially secure.


Similarly, from my late Uncle, "Only lend what you can afford to give away".
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Best advice received? on 12:53 - Oct 24 with 5061 viewsBlackCrowe

Those that mind don't matter, those that matter don't mind.

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Best advice received? on 13:14 - Oct 24 with 5007 viewsloftboy

Go to job interview dressed to get the job not do the job.

favourite cheese mature Cheddar. FFS there is no such thing as the EPL
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Best advice received? on 13:27 - Oct 24 with 4969 viewsdmm

Never jump into a puddle with both feet.
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Best advice received? on 13:33 - Oct 24 with 4949 viewsPunteR

Not sure if it's the best advise but I took it on board anyway. " The reward for hardwork is more work".

And another one " a man that's never made a mistake has never made anything".

Occasional providers of half decent House music.

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Best advice received? on 13:42 - Oct 24 with 4919 viewsJeff

I'm always dispassionate about big broad wooly worldly advice like 'aim for the stars if you miss you'll hit the moon' or 'never give up chasing your dreams' and other aspirational stuff as it's not grounded in an y sort of reality, not measurable, and if you're struggling for motivation or inspiration or needing a boost it offers almost no real salve.

I prefer my advice to be simple, practical and immediately implementable.

"Never buy cheap bin bags"
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Can we not knock it?

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Best advice received? on 13:45 - Oct 24 with 4908 viewsTacticalR

The reason why software projects fail is because people always ask if something is possible (the answer is always 'yes') instead of asking if it is a good idea.

Air hostess clique

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Best advice received? on 13:47 - Oct 24 with 4893 viewsE17hoop

Always better to be 30 minutes early than a minute late.

It's always noisiest at the shallow end
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Best advice received? on 14:08 - Oct 24 with 4772 viewsSonofpugwash

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Best advice received? on 14:55 - Oct 24 with 4682 viewsbosh67

My late dad told me, the greatest currency we have in life is kindness.

Never knowingly right.
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