With the "what's on your mind?" and the "Tell us about your career" threads being pretty entertaining - combined with the lull before the draft that is for sure going to happen, and also throw in my ever increasing boring internet time at work, I'd like to give this thread a shot.
What are some little pieces of advice you have... this can be anything in life from career to finance to being healthy etc. Things you wish you knew when you were 18. Things about not pissing your wife off? Here's what I have off the top of my head.
Read self-improvement books. From finances to personal well being... don't think of it as self-help, but self-improvement.
Learn everything you can about the stock market, and never sit on too much money unless you're content that it's enough. Invest, invest, invest. Business, property, stocks, whatever. Nobody ever got rich by starting a savings account.
Never do your resume on your own. You can fill in the details but always have several people look it over, edit it, or offer suggestions. In today's world resumes need to be perfect to get a job that is worth having.
Smartest thing I have done in my life is go to North Dakota, work the oil field and make $100,000+ immediately after graduating college. The second smartest thing I ever did was get out of the business once that year was up. Use it to set up your life, not to create a life around it. Anybody can go over there and get a 6 income job regardless of education if you are willing to work.
If you have never tried a Microbrew, you are missing out.
With a little bit of education, you can stay/become very fit in no more than a half hour a day.
Take some time to find music that brings you up, not down, and blast that **** every once in awhile. Crank it when you take your morning shower, your whole day will go better.
One of my biggest pet peeves with humans, including myself, is that they think people intentionally did something to piss them off or hurt them in some way. Going through life thinking "every single person on earth just wants to be happy" will help you see things through other peoples eyes. So many times a misunderstanding can turn into a pissing contest and it doesn't help anybody.
Nobody has ever regretted working hard for something.
mint.com, seriously.
Speaking of mint.com... just get a smartphone in general, 90% of people on here probably have one, and the other 10% "don't get it" and trust me... you don't get it. Use it to simplify your life not make it more complex.
If it takes less than 5 minutes to get it done. Do it immediately.
If something sucks in life, just Google how to make it not suck. Like cleaning a microwave... trust me on that one.
That's pretty much what I have off the top of my head.... anybody else?
What are some little pieces of advice you have... this can be anything in life from career to finance to being healthy etc. Things you wish you knew when you were 18. Things about not pissing your wife off? Here's what I have off the top of my head.
Read self-improvement books. From finances to personal well being... don't think of it as self-help, but self-improvement.
Learn everything you can about the stock market, and never sit on too much money unless you're content that it's enough. Invest, invest, invest. Business, property, stocks, whatever. Nobody ever got rich by starting a savings account.
Never do your resume on your own. You can fill in the details but always have several people look it over, edit it, or offer suggestions. In today's world resumes need to be perfect to get a job that is worth having.
Smartest thing I have done in my life is go to North Dakota, work the oil field and make $100,000+ immediately after graduating college. The second smartest thing I ever did was get out of the business once that year was up. Use it to set up your life, not to create a life around it. Anybody can go over there and get a 6 income job regardless of education if you are willing to work.
If you have never tried a Microbrew, you are missing out.
With a little bit of education, you can stay/become very fit in no more than a half hour a day.
Take some time to find music that brings you up, not down, and blast that **** every once in awhile. Crank it when you take your morning shower, your whole day will go better.
One of my biggest pet peeves with humans, including myself, is that they think people intentionally did something to piss them off or hurt them in some way. Going through life thinking "every single person on earth just wants to be happy" will help you see things through other peoples eyes. So many times a misunderstanding can turn into a pissing contest and it doesn't help anybody.
Nobody has ever regretted working hard for something.
mint.com, seriously.
Speaking of mint.com... just get a smartphone in general, 90% of people on here probably have one, and the other 10% "don't get it" and trust me... you don't get it. Use it to simplify your life not make it more complex.
If it takes less than 5 minutes to get it done. Do it immediately.
If something sucks in life, just Google how to make it not suck. Like cleaning a microwave... trust me on that one.
That's pretty much what I have off the top of my head.... anybody else?
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