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Old Mutual Wealth has asked us to find out the best pieces of advice Mumsnetters have ever been given.

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So, what’s the best piece of advice someone's given you? Maybe someone has shared a genuinely life changing tip? Perhaps they passed on the secret on how to get your kids to clean their room/go to sleep/eat their greens. We’d also, more specifically, like to hear about the best financial piece of advice you’ve ever received. Whether it’s on how to save? Or maybe on what to do with your savings? Whatever they are, we’d love to hear them!

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MNHQ

Standard Insight T&Cs apply

Trust your instincts

If you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all.

Sleep for 8 hours, work for 8 hours, play for 8 hours...life balance!

Make sure there is always chocolate in the house:)

Don't sweat the small stuff!

when I first got married my Gran said to me.... it wont always be roses and coffee and there will be times when walking away would be easy, but stick with it, the evening meals always taste better when you have ahd to work hard all day....still dont get it completely but she was right

Old family saying - PNRA (pay no ruddy attention), particularly if someone is saying nasty things about you.

Trust your instinct

If you don't like it you shouldn't have joined.

Don't buy anything you can't afford

When baby crying - I use hair dryer! :))

Never marry a man until you have lived with him, advice from my mum!

Never go to sleep on an argument

My nan said to me one say when I was a crying mess over something silly that had happened in the day that Parenting is not a competition and that the children do not always need fancy gifts just love and attention.

'Take anything you're told with a hefty pinch of salt' --particularly if it has written in the press or is own facebook lol

Things are never as bad as they seem - I am a natural worrier and in my head things always seem worse than they are. If I feel like that I always take 5 minutes out and think about exactly what the issue is and how it could be resolved.

From my late Nan: Don't spend what you don't have!

Go ahead and marry my husband

Be careful how you treat people on the way up your career ladder, you may meet them on the way down again

That even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise! Great advice - there is always tomorrow :)

Keep calm an smile

Don't lose a document. Always keep them.

My mum always advised me to count my blessings - I still find this really helpful when I'm going through a difficult time

My parents always told me to save for things instead of using credit cards and loans.

Don't dwell on what could have been.