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

[pouracupofambition]

I'll start. If you don't know the answer say you'll come back to them. Don't be forced into a commitment. Applies to business and personal life.

What about you?

"Give it a week, if you don't like it then come home". This was said by my mum when I was nervous about leaving home for uni. It meant that I could treat my freshers week like a mini holiday and there was always the option to go home. I didn't!

The best advice I've read in years was from a poster on here. Work out what you want from a conversation and go into it with that in mind.
So if you need a quick resolution, don't go in looking for who is to blame for the problem as that'll distract. If you want a proper conversation with your partner about something, don't go in all guns blazing as that's more likely to lead to an argument.

"Baby can't fall off the floor " and "if you have a boy remove their socks before changing their nappy ".

Can you explain the socks part?

I found a Churchill quote (not as in insurance lol) helpful when I was going through a divorce:

“if you’re going through Hell, keep going.”

@pouracupofambition

So they don't pee over them !

Don't cling into a mistake just because you spent a long time making it.

I may well have still been in a shitty abusive marriage, simply because I already hit a decade, if it wasn't for that sentence.

My late gran (who I sadly never really got to know) would always tell my dad "If you've got nothing kind to say, say nothing at all". I learned that from him and try to apply it to my own life.

Before you get too deep into a relationship with a man, find out about his female friends. Women will date arse holes, but they don't tend to be friends with them.

Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail. I live by this.

I times of stress think "will this matter in 5 years time?"

If the answer is yes then fight it (whatever it is). If the answer is no, let it go.

Personally I tend to think "what would dad have said" about situations. He was a very quiet, calm, sensible sort of a person.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

All the P's: Perfect Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.

When I started work, mum and dad said save whatever you can each week in a Post Office or building society account, this was 1972 and you might be able to get a mortgage.

Couple of years later, save into a pension fund as soon as you can.

Best advice I ever got from them.

Write everything down, especially when starting a new job. As a manager I have to tell people the same things repeatedly because they forget. I do also tell them to write things down obvs.

Everything changes in a week.

I’ve often found this to be true. Things that seem big at the time are often much less of a problem a week later.

"You have two ears and one mouth. Use them in that proportion."

If you fail to prepare, then prepare to fail!

You can always choose how you react.

If in doubt say no, then consider it.

Start paying into a pension as early as you can.
When paying into one, always pay in just a little bit more.

Worked for me and has given me a great retirement in my mid-50's.

Don't worry worry til worry worries you.

If you keep cleaning up after ungrateful arseholes, they'll keep letting you.

"Dont put it down put it away". My DM always told us that.

DM (to me aged 17): If he’s isn’t good in bed, dump him, darling.

@DelurkingAJ

I like the sound of your mum too, 😊

She comes across as down to earth relatable easy to talk to etc,