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There are always those things that sound too cliche to be true, but oftentimes they are great advice! What's a tip you received that's changed your life forever?
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#1
Lefty loosey righty tighty
Final score:
53points
#2
"Not my circus. Not my monkeys." It always makes me smile more than 'Worry only about what you can control" because then I see monkeys in my head!
Final score:
40points
#3
Measure twice; cut once.
Final score:
31points
#4
Be the change you want to see in the world. Also: we blame the society yet we are the society.
Final score:
14points
Stephanie Keith 3 years ago
Yup! Totally agree. There is nothing wrong with this world. It provides us with all the natural resources we need to live and sustain our lives. It is us that make it horrible. People do it and I'm tired of seeing people actually blame the universe and the world for their own actions.
#5
Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
Final score:
13points
#6
Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
Final score:
13points
#8
"Do unto others what THEY would like done." This one helped me realize that not everyone wants what I would want. It is important to find out what other people need and want and not get hung up on thinking everyone wants what I would want.
Final score:
11points
#9
I always say "God Hates a Coward." when I am preparing myself to do anything stressful and for me it calms me and prepares me. I know it isn't the phrase that does it, but for me mentally I have to do this. The funniest part is, I am an atheist.
Final score:
10points
#10
Think globally, act locally.
Final score:
10points
#11
One mans trash....another mans treasure... In this case woman,I love flea-markets..
Final score:
10points
#13
Don’t sweat the small stuff.
Final score:
9points
#15
There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people who don’t ask them.
Final score:
8points
Sean Harrison 3 years ago
There are no stupid questions, but there is an abundance of inquisitive idiots.
#16
You can’t change other people, you can only change yourself.
Final score:
8points
#17
It's OK to love your kids without necessarily liking them, at least all the time.
Final score:
8points
#18
I don’t know if this is a expression but, you can’t get a job without experience and you can’t get experience without a job.
Final score:
7points
Telmo Belo 3 years ago
There's ways to get experience without a job. Want to be a bartender, invite some friends and make them drinks from a drink book.
#19
NO means NO
Final score:
7points
#23
Only worry about what you can control.
Final score:
4points
Theoretical Empiricist 3 years ago
I'd add "...and be ready to deal with those outcomes you can't control".
#24
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Final score:
4points
#26
"Compare yourself with past selves"
"Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you"
Final score:
3points
#27
When faced with a big financial problem or a just a lot of stress my husband and I will tell the other “You can’t fix it tonight.” It’s just our way of knowing no matter the issue is sometimes you need to take the time to just relax and unwind and not miss out on quality time together
Final score:
3points
#28
It's easier to fool a man, than to convince a man he has been fooled.
Final score:
3points
#31
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging
Final score:
2points
#33
"Cat got your tongue?" I say this everytime in an argument where I have a point like
Me: Ya know you are [Insert cool comeback]
[insert name]: Oh yeah well um ......
Me: Cat got your tongue?
Final score:
1point
Donkey boi 3 years ago
I never understood that saying. I mean, has a cat ever 'got' someone tongue?
#34
Whenever I was under stress, my sister would say "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things." I also got stuck on my mom's phrase of "Off like a dirty shirt" or "Off like a herd of turtles."
Final score:
1point
#35
"Go figure" or "Some people you cannot kill with a meat ax."
Final score:
1point
#37
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise....
Final score:
1point
#39
Sleep when the baby sleeps...
True, you shouldn't be bussy with your household while you can rest. Take the baby in a baby wrap to vacuum or put them in a cushion close to you when you do the laundry. When the baby sleeps, you sleep too!!
Final score:
1point
#42
I lost track of time.
Final score:
0points
#43
‘Don’t put it down, put it away!’
Do the task now so you won’t need to later.
Final score:
0points
What do you think ?
Celeste Grant 3 years ago
You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.
Celeste Grant 3 years ago
You are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm.
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