What's the best piece of advice you've been given?

[Brunchickle]

Could be from anyone - a work colleague/parents/a friend/a partner/a health visitor/a stranger on the street. Mine came from a little old lady outside Sainsbury's who stopped to look at my baby son in his buggy when he was about 8 months old. I was tired and grouchy, and she said to me "the days are long but the years are short." I've never forgotten it.

What's the best piece of advice you've been given and who by?

It is not where you are now but where you are going that's important. Said to me by my DF when I was worried sick about providing for DS and I.

Never be beholden to a man

No job is worth your health

Some great ones here

Do it now - From my first office boss. Meaning do the most important thing first on your to do list no matter how little you want to do it.

Don't worry about it now. Sleep on it and worry about it in the morning.

It's surprising how different things can look the next day.

Also:

If you're going through hell, keep going.

From a friend - pretend to be the person you want to be, until you become them.

I've posted this one before but, "Drive like everyone else is an idiot."

Sage advice from my dear departed dad.

Always aim for your wage to match your age! So far so good!! It gave me drive I suppose to always move forward.

There's some great wisdom on this thread.

My advice was from an old friend, 'The only constant is change.'

This too will pass. However horrible life is, in a while it just won't matter.

On a special day or family gathering, just STOP, look around, take it all in, these occasions don't come around so often, appreciate what you have x

“Nobody ever lay on their death bed wishing they had spent more time at work.”

I have always worked to live, and I will not work for a day longer than I have to.

I've 2 pieces of advice.

1. Babies can't fall off the floor. *(courtesy of DH cousin (.
2. Tell your bank what you want to do with your money before they start telling you to shove it. (Thanks Dad).

Change the things you can, accept the things you can't.

You're never too good to sweep the floors.

Said by my multimillionaire boss whilst him & I were sweeping up on one of his building sites.

Be as self sufficient & independent as possible

Don't rely on anyone else

This is a variant on some of the other posts about being independent and self-reliant:

Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe.

Love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe.

This is great, I love it! Also that one from @whataballbag - that's amazing! Clearly he was a wise man!

By my first office job manager (who was a complete bitch) but it was brilliant advice:

“If you make a mistake, just tell me and we can deal with it”

I use this professionally and as a parent. Horrible women but great advice!

Also “comparison is the thief of joy” is perfection.

Glennon Doyle. When given the choice of disappointing yourself or someone else. Disappoint them every time.

Tell the truth and shame the devil. My mum used to say that all the time.

Be solution focused (don’t whinge)
Respect the process.

Sometimes doing nothing is the something you need to do.

”On a special day or family gathering, just STOP, look around, take it all in, these occasions don't come around so often, appreciate what you have” This, this and more this.

Hold the cork twist the bottle

‘It’ll all be alright in the end. If it’s not alright it’s not the end.” said often by my much missed Grandad who survived being a rear gunner in Bomber Command WW2. I think what he’d been through added weight to it in a way.