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We all get good advice, from time to time, some of which we only realise is good advice long after we have ignored it! I would like to know who has given you the best advice in your life, or just a recent example of great advice you received and what it is? I think the principles that I learned from my mother is that honesty is the best policy and with hard work you can get anywhere. I feel that too many people sit and moan about how others were lucky, or sit and whine at children’s birthday parties or dinners about more successful people, and always have nasty comments to make.
The reason that they are not there themselves is that generally they have not put in the extra work. I think that the lazy generally prefer to believe that some people become successful simply through luck and there is nothing they can do about it – and by the way, can they have the afternoon off? I have never been scared of hard work, don’t consider the weekend to be my time “off” from work and so that is something that I have learned. We all receive different advice from different people and so let us know the best advice you have received, or good advice you have received recently and who gave it to you – was it your parents or a friend?
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Monday 22-Sep-14
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Ashleigh said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 03:29 PM
My Dad was full of advice and Opinions. Every day I learn something new from people. I feel that when someone gives you advice it motivates you and encourages you so its always awesome receive advice.
Cindy said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 03:10 PM
Not the BEST advice I ever received but I think its something useful to live to. "Hakuna Matata" Lion King
sheena said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:49 PM
The best advise I have ever received is from my Gran: The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday as well as to appreciate what you have before it turns into what you had.
Mathilda said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:43 PM
Never Let The Fear Of Striking Out,
Keep YOU From Playing The Game
Marisa said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:38 PM
Friends have said don't be someone you are not,you are great the way you are and God created you the way he wanted you,if people don't like you then you must just remember that God loves you the way you are and you live for him and not for others
Sinead said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:32 PM
The best advice I have heard or read (I saw this Instagram) was: Be careful who you share your weaknesses with. Some people can't wait for the opportunity to use them against you.
This is actually the reason I learnt not to share too much about myself with many people. Be very careful of who you trust!
Another one I like is: Stand up for something or you will fall for everything.
And lastly... I saw this one in a movie: Why fit in when you were born to stand out? No two people are the same. Why be like someone else when you are the perfect you?
Zindy said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:30 PM
The best advice, is to consider the advice been giving. Some People turn a blind eye because they are to immature to realize, it could be for there best interest and don't like the taught of being wrong . Eventually they will bump there heads and realize that there is more to life than living in a world thinking it revolves around you alone. You don't always have to take advice just listen to others opinions and respect them.
Catherine said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:22 PM
The best advice i ever got was from reading a book entitled "positive thinking"by Norman Vincent Peale. No one can hurt you without you consenting to it.
Cornelie said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:18 PM
My parents always said: "they can only give good advice or put us on the right paths for as long as they can, but the final forming of us as a person and character lies in our own hands"
Tersia said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:16 PM
One of the best advice that I have received through the years from varies people was to not care what other people think of you. For me this is good advice because there was a stage in my life where I always cared what others think and therefor was never happy with whom I really am.
My mom always gives me great advice but I can't remember one specifically at the moment.
Thabitha said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:15 PM
My maths teacher, he said when you go up people hates you but when you go down even a blind person is going to give you a push.
Sarah said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:11 PM
I have got mixed advice thought out life. the recent advice I got was don't change who you are for other people.
Lizanne said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:11 PM
The best advise my Netbal coach gave me was, the word "cannot" does not exist. You CAN achieve anything you put you mind to.
Angelique said:
on Tuesday 23-Sep-14 02:11 PM
I love Anna's advice from her grandmother! Best advice I received and I cant be sure if I read it or if anyone gave it me would be that can't is a swear word and to stop making excuses. If you really want to do something then you will do it otherwise you will make an excuse. You cant not do something and if you really believe you can't do anything then you must at least try. Stop making excuses - be it reading and responding to emails, moving on with your life, studying (people always use I don't have money excuse!), ending a relationship, bungy jumping - anything really! You can do, you just choose to rely on the 1000000 excuses in your back pocket. Another one is not to waste time. Time is the one thing that you can never get back!
Elektra said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 02:54 PM
My father by far. Not really advice more a negative approach to advice. He would always plant a negative seed in my mind, for example, he would say "If you do not want to study that's okay I'm sure you can get a job working behind a till for a minimal wage and stay there for the rest of your life". This has been my whole life, at the time I thought he was just being mean but looking back now, all those times he said I could not do it or wouldn't amount to anything I went out of my way to prove him wrong. So he has contributed to my success. Not the most heartwarming way but I know it was and is his way of pushing me...
Anna said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 02:27 PM
My father has taught me a lot about money. He made me write a budget from the age of 12 and his advise remains the same to this day....Set yourself a monthly budget, stick to that budget and don't spend money you don't have on items other than your car and your house and even then realise what you can realistically afford. In other words, don't live outside of your means.
My mother has often advised me to remember that there is very little you can't get over with time, wine and chocolate :-). The tough situation you find yourself in today will be irrelevant or solved tomorrow or the next day or the next....
Finally, my gran, who at age 89, is one of my favourite people to spend time with, advised me that the way to a man's heart may very well be through his stomach but if you cook every meal for him from scratch, you will end up spending far too much time in the kitchen and not enough time in the bedroom.
Brenda Du Toit said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 12:44 PM
I definitely have received the best advise from my parents .They always said, be the person you are and never change for any one but your self .I still listen to the advise they give me .Our opinions do differ. but always hearing a second opinion gives you a chance to think clearly if you choose to listen that is..
Bianca R said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 10:28 AM
The best advice I ever received was from my gran. She said, be yourself the world will adjust. I think if you always true to yourself and are always yourself and not pretending to be something else, or what other people expect you to be, you will always be happy and never feel like you have betrayed yourself.
Safia said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 10:14 AM
The best advice i got was not to take myself too serious.to work hard but also to be humble.
Lourien said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 09:24 AM
The Best Advice I ever received was from my father, since I was a little girl he always told me, sweat heart whatever you want to achieve do it yourself and don not trust anyone not even your friends and sometimes family too, do it yourself he said... sad but true I was very cross and upset and as all small children which receive advise they do not like I didn't believe him then how can you not trust the people close to you. Unfortunately as I have grown up I have learned that most of the people you know and learn to trust will be able to turn against you for no reason at all. Till today I still cant believe that what he told me was so true and that although I do trust people very quick I will always be reminded to be careful of them and trust them as far as you can see them. There are very little people that I have learned to trust and the day they do cross me, I will be sure to remember them. What he told me is to always be careful and even tho you trust someone don't ever make a mistake and not see what they are capable of doing. This is the best advise I have ever received and I am very grateful that I have such wonderful parents.
Melissa said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 09:06 AM
My parents gives me good advise all the time. I listen what they say and take their advise but I do it my way. We have to bump our heads a few times to learn what life is all about. We can't always do what other people expect us to do. We have to learn to get along on our own someday. I couldn't have asked to better parents and advise. The advise they always give me is to never let other people get me down. I am my own person and no one can ever change me, I am who I am.
kaylee said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 09:05 AM
I definitely have received some mixed advice throughout my life. The best advice my mother gave me, was always leave the house looking like you might meet the man of your dreams. As silly as it sounds, how many times have you not made an effort and run into your ex/arch enemy ect?
I have often been in situations where people have tried to put me down, clearly from their own insecurities, but I had a colleague who really believed in me, and her advice was the best advice I received through a work friend and she helped me grow as a person with her daily advice and her general positivity.
My grandfather gave me great advice and pushed for me to study law, which I am happy that I took his advice.
The best advice I think everyone should follow is to have work/life balance. Although I struggle with this and would really like to try follow that advice.
Clare said:
on Monday 22-Sep-14 08:53 AM
Well i have inlaw issues, and i get advise all the time to take my future mother inlaws word to go through one ear and out the other, but im am really bad with it because i take things to heart and i land up getting into fights with her. I try not and do what was advised to me to keep me balanced but she can make me so angry.
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
