The best advice you ever got?
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Sand4x105
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My Grandpa told me when I was 12, when he saw me looking at a girl walking down the street:
"Love them where you find them son.... and Leave them where you love them..."
IDK if I took that to heart...
Good advice, if you are a dick.... I've been married/divorced 3 times, so, thinking back, maybe I did listen to Grandpa...
"Love them where you find them son.... and Leave them where you love them..."
IDK if I took that to heart...
Good advice, if you are a dick.... I've been married/divorced 3 times, so, thinking back, maybe I did listen to Grandpa...
hereshegrows
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My Grandfather was a teenager during prohibition in Newfoundland. Lucky for him, large ships from Europe would come into the harbor and he could go drink on the boats. One night after he had partaken quite a bit, he tried to smuggle four bottles of cognac on shore in his jacket. He crept up over one of the many goat paths leading to his house in the dark but sadly, he stumbled and lost all four bottles....My family lived in the same area of Newfoundland for many generations, When "pop" was 67 years old, he was out walking down too the water slipped on some moss and cut his knee on a broken bottle...as he retrieved the piece he saw it was from a broken bottle of cognac. The memories came flooding back. He spent the an hour searching around and found three intact bottles that had laid there in the cool moss for some fifty years. That night him and his sons shared in what remained of his youth.
From this I took
~lost but not forgotten,
~Not everything stayed buried
~you are never too old to enjoy your youth
~people don't forget
BTW, my Grandfather was always had time for us kids and that was truly the greatest gift he ever gave me.
hotrodharley
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Don't ever at a place named "Mom's". Don't spit into the wind. Don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch.
prosperian
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80/20 Rule...Pareto Priciple
It has served me well for over 20 years in business. I'm now retired at 45.
States that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
Named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population; he developed the principle by observing that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas.
The distribution is claimed to appear in several different aspects relevant to entrepreneurs and business managers. For example:
Therefore, many businesses have an easy access to dramatic improvements in profitability by focusing on the most effective areas and eliminating, ignoring, automating, delegating or retraining the rest, as appropriate. Source: Wikipedia
It has served me well for over 20 years in business. I'm now retired at 45.
States that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
Named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population; he developed the principle by observing that 20% of the pea pods in his garden contained 80% of the peas.
The distribution is claimed to appear in several different aspects relevant to entrepreneurs and business managers. For example:
- 80% of your profits come from 20% of your customers
- 80% of your complaints come from 20% of your customers
- 80% of your profits come from 20% of the time you spend
- 80% of your sales come from 20% of your products
- 80% of your sales are made by 20% of your sales staff
Therefore, many businesses have an easy access to dramatic improvements in profitability by focusing on the most effective areas and eliminating, ignoring, automating, delegating or retraining the rest, as appropriate. Source: Wikipedia
hereshegrows
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You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him water ski.
Granny weed
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Sounds like a wise old man your dad.
Granny weed
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Yea I do that all the time we've had several dogs my knees are knackered.
Yea I do that all the time we've had several dogs my knees are knackered.
I love the British vernacular.
I am so dumb - had to look that one up.
racerboy71
bud bootlegger
I love the British vernacular.
I am so dumb - had to look that one up.
i do too gwn.. if you want to have a good time, go watch delvites grow video's. i could listen to him talk all day.
theQuetzalcoatl
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By far and away the best advice I ever got.
