Twitter QOTD: Words of Wisdom
April 26th, 2009 by Michael Kwan
Just as I’ve done in the recent past, I turned once again to the Twitter community for their thoughts last night and this morning. I pose questions like these on Twitter from time to time, so make sure that you are following me if you want to participate.
What is the single best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
@michaelkwan “Life is about making choices & sacrifices” is the best piece of advice I’ve received
@michaelkwan Best advice I’ve gotten: “Get your work done as soon as possible, you then have more time to make yourself look good.”
@michaelkwan Wear pants when you go outside. Or was it “…when you leave the house?” I don’t remember. Either way.
@michaelkwan “never trust a big butt and a smile” – BBD
@michaelkwan "Love many, trust few; always paddle your own canoe"
Taking the Twitter Question to Facebook Too
Even though this is technically the Twitter Question of the Day, I usually pose the question through Facebook as well. Casting the 140-character limit of Twitter aside, I got this response from Joseph Planta:
I read two pieces of advice from Tim Russert, which I have tried to live by. First: He always said tell the truth, that way you will only have one story to remember. And the second, is that if you agree to do something or go somewhere, act like you want to be there, or else you shouldn’t have agreed in the first place.
Filed under Personal Development.
I use the piece of advice you used from me in many different ways. It can be manipulated to have many different meanings. I used it recently here in a comment about free time to play.
Get what you have to do done and you have more time to play, look good, work on what you want to or just do nothing with. I took the original from a Trig professor and have made great use of it.
The best piece of advice I have ever received is from a book I read called “You Call the Shots” by Cameron Johnson. And that piece of advice is this:
“If you love what you do, you never have to work a day in your life.”
That is my ultimate goal in life!
As you know Michael I had more than one quote for this. In reality I have a few I like that I enjoy using when the opportunity arises. Seeing Mr. Miyagi and Daniel san I can find more a few.
Two that stand out are:
“Black belt? Good for holding up pants.” = Don’t be full of yourself, if you know you are good you don’t need the material to show others.
“Must have Balance, find Balance” = yin/yang hot/cold good/evil everything needs both sides, they can’t live without each other. Use them wisely.
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