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Sjmarf to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

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What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

Sjmarf to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year ago
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  • @CyberDine@lemmy.world
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    10•1 year ago

    'C’s get degrees.

    It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.

    You can teach the job, you can’t teach personality.

    If the world is going to shit, and you can’t or won’t do anything about it, why worry about it.

    • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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      It’s not what you know, it’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.

    • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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  • @MrsDoyle@lemmy.world
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    “You can love the company as much as you like, but the company will never love you back.” - My dad.

    • edric
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      21•1 year ago

      In a similar vein, HR is not there to help you, they are there to protect the company.

  • @PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works
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    • @tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      0•1 year ago

      Hahhaha

    • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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      • @PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works
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      • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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        I think it’s more like “don’t drive fast with a tail light out” or “come to a full and complete stop at a stop sign if you have (illegal) drugs in your car”.

        • @PiJiNWiNg@sh.itjust.works
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  • Call me Lenny/Leni
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    11•1 year ago

    “Don’t forget to breathe.”

  • @PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca
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    14•1 year ago

    The world and society is a complex game of house that went on way too long and everyone forgot they’re playing it.

  • @crazyCat@sh.itjust.works
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    The best I ever received? Start saving and investing when you’re young to benefit from compound interest over time. I didn’t take the advice, but I received it!

    • Sentient Loom
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      12•1 year ago

      Did you have money to invest when you were young enough for the advice to matter?

    • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      1•1 year ago

      Saving and investing is also way easier if you don’t give yourself the option to not do it. You won’t manually move 10% of your money each month, but if it goes to a 401k or a separate account automatically it’s far more likely to stay there.

  • Stern
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    33•1 year ago

    Don’t give crazy a baby.

    • @Eol@sh.itjust.works
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      25•1 year ago

      Think long and hard before having kids. Understand if you actually have what it takes to give them a proper life.

    • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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        6•1 year ago

        Always stick your dick in crazy.

        Far away from where you live with a fake name and number.

        • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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  • @DichotoDeezNutz@lemmy.world
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    Don’t argue with stupid

    • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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  • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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  • @Dotcom@lemmy.ml
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    9•1 year ago

    If you can’t get out of it, get into it.

    • @Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de
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  • @letsgo@lemm.ee
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    If you want a scooter, get a bike instead. The bigger wheels make them more stable. -My Dad, not long before he was promoted to glory.

  • Xhieron
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    30•1 year ago

    As a young teenager: Do not start working until you have to. Once you start, you’ll never stop.

    • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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    • @burrito@sh.itjust.works
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      Depends on if you have found your passion. I found the career I was passionate about at age 14 and now have more experience than the vast majority of my peers. Until just recently, I had never managed someone younger than me, and I’ve been a supervisor for a very long time now.

  • @jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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    Collect what you’re owed as soon as you can. Pay what you owe as late as you can.

    UPDATE: “Every accusation is a projection” is more universal than some of you would like to admit.

    • @tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Feels like that’s how a lot of wealthy people/organizations operate

    • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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      Collect what you’re owed as soon as you can.

      Ok, with you so far.

      Pay what you owe as late as you can.

      But if there’s interest, this is going to screw me over as I’ll have to pay more interest (on a CC / etc)

      What am I missing with the second one?

      • @tetris11@lemmy.ml
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        outlive your creditors in an unstable land?

      • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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        It’s more about non interest scenarios. If payment isn’t due for 30 days, you wait 30 days to pay. If it’s a place that won’t fight you, wait 40 and then pay.

        Companies do this all the time.

        • @AtariDump@lemmy.world
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          That makes sense; I figured that was the case but OP never said that.

    • @Anticorp@lemmy.world
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  • Platypus
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    Quality follows where consistency leads

  • Melllvar
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    11•1 year ago

    When in doubt, shut up.

    The best way to make money in Vegas is to sell light bulbs.

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