<p>Mensch tracht, Gott lacht
no sprechen sie deutsch</p>
<p>It’s an old Yiddish proverb – man plans, God laughs.</p>
<p>I gave this advice to my kids, apropos of one sister-in-law’s short-lived marriage. I was pretty proud of it, and I’m sure it will stand them in good stead:</p>
<p>Don’t pick your life-partner from the people you meet in rehab.</p>
<p>From my boss at one of my first jobs: Don’t come to your boss with a problem unless you can also recommend a solution. It’s amazing how much bosses appreciate this, and how often you get your own way if you follow it.</p>
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<p>Brilliant! I used to do this. My wife taught me not to, and life got ten times better.</p>
<p>“Don’t pick at it.”</p>
<p>“Don’t sweat the petty things, and don’t pet the sweaty things.”</p>
<p>Do not try to do about something / worry about something that is completely out of your control.</p>
<p>Donna</p>
<p>I love that, because I always say God has a sense of humor…he does let us believe “that won’t happen to me” and as soon as “me” is out of our mouth, guess what is happening!</p>
<p>Another great piece of advice on that thought!</p>
<p>Be careful for what you wish for, because it might come true.</p>
<p>"Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it. "</p>
<p>B Franklin</p>
<p>“Don’t compare your insides to someone else’s outsides.”</p>
<p>I don’t get this. What does it mean?</p>
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<p>never go to bed angry.</p>
<p>Thought of another one… “A Girl Scout leaves a place better than it was when she found it.”</p>
<p>My mom was my Girl Scout leader… God willing that I ever have a daughter, I’ll have the opportunity to be a third-generation Girl Scout troop leader. My mom would always harp on us to leave things better than they were when we found them, and that line blasts through my mind whenever I see a piece of trash on the floor, or notice that the stapler only has three staples left, or find a restroom sink countertop spattered with water. I find that if I live my life by leaving a place better than it was when I found it, that those little things add up and tend to make the world a better place. It’s one of those little things that instills a sense of duty in a person, I suppose… Anyhow, that line still rings clearly with me.</p>
<p>Business related, mostly…</p>
<p>Don’t accept “no” from someone who doesn’t have the authority to say “yes”. </p>
<p>Pigs get fat but hogs get slaughtered.</p>
<p>Always leave something on the plate for the next guy.</p>
<p>Don’t ever put anything in writing that you might not want to come back and bite you in the rear later.</p>
<p>One from my father, just before I left for college, “Life is NOT fair.”</p>
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<p>It means that just because someone else appears to be better off than you, doesn’t mean that they are. Everyone has troubles, worries, and shortcomings; you’re just not usually aware of them, because you only see what other people choose to show. Therefore, don’t judge your own worth, success, or happiness by what you see in other people, because all you see of them is the outside. Instead, just strive to be the best you can be on the inside, and let that be enough.</p>
<p>Best advice I ever got:</p>
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<li><p>Go with your gut. </p></li>
<li><p>Don’t put things off so that at the end of your life you realize how much you didn’t do.</p></li>
<li><p>You are not so beautiful that everyone is looking at you all the time.</p></li>
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<h1>1–both given and received–The Golden Rule.</h1>
<h1>2–both given and received:</h1>
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<h1>3 received from my Dad: Travel, start young and do so whenever you can.</h1>
<h1>3 given: Have experiences over possessing things</h1>
<p>Love the Kid on the Couch! - I am repeating this mantra to myself a lot recently!</p>
<p>Some of my favorite “Dad-isms” have been already mentioned in one form or another here. My favorite Dad-ism is - “if you are going to do the job half-a__ed, don’t bother doing it at all”. We printed all of his advice on cards and posted them around with his pictures at his memorial, everyone loved reading them…</p>