The 25 Worst Pieces of Advice I've Seen
(and why)
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(and why)
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1. “Follow your passion.”
NO - stop wasting your time. Make money.
Then you use your wealth to pursue your passion.
Build the foundation first.
NO - stop wasting your time. Make money.
Then you use your wealth to pursue your passion.
Build the foundation first.
2. “Choose career over family.”
I see so many slaving at their job and it’s usually a dead-end job. They pay little attention to their children. It’s sad.
If you have to choose one always choose family.
Rich people choose both.
I see so many slaving at their job and it’s usually a dead-end job. They pay little attention to their children. It’s sad.
If you have to choose one always choose family.
Rich people choose both.
3. “Just walk away.”
If someone damages your reputation you need to defend it. Fight hard. Your name is your honor.
If someone damages your reputation you need to defend it. Fight hard. Your name is your honor.
4. “Never trust anyone.”
Jaded people think like this.
Yes, humans make decisions in their best interests.
That our nature. Deal with it.
"Never trust anyone" is a reflection of personal darkness.
Jaded people think like this.
Yes, humans make decisions in their best interests.
That our nature. Deal with it.
"Never trust anyone" is a reflection of personal darkness.
5. “Stop reading books”
I have legitimately seen this advice on Twitter.
It's absurd.
Will not explain.
I have legitimately seen this advice on Twitter.
It's absurd.
Will not explain.
6. “Kill them with kindness.”
No. When you are kind to someone who treats you poorly you reinforce that behavior.
Never send mixed signals.
No. When you are kind to someone who treats you poorly you reinforce that behavior.
Never send mixed signals.
7. “High school years will be the best ones of your life.”
Life gets better as you age. At least it should be.
If not you are doing something wrong.
Life gets better as you age. At least it should be.
If not you are doing something wrong.
8. “Be humble”
Every human being is born unique.
Be authentic.
Never aim to fit in.
Every human being is born unique.
Be authentic.
Never aim to fit in.
9. “Get good grades”
Getting good grades is nice.
But that’s it. It’s nice.
It’s not the end-all and be-all.
It’s one metric.
Grades do not dictate your life.
Getting good grades is nice.
But that’s it. It’s nice.
It’s not the end-all and be-all.
It’s one metric.
Grades do not dictate your life.
10. “Money can’t buy happiness.”
The biggest benefit of having fat stacks of cash is that you will sleep well at night.
All tension melts away.
You only realize this once you get there
The biggest benefit of having fat stacks of cash is that you will sleep well at night.
All tension melts away.
You only realize this once you get there
11. “If you outgrow your friends leave them.”
If friends are rude or steal your energy they are not your friends. Leave those friends.
Never leave loyal friends. They are invaluable.
If friends are rude or steal your energy they are not your friends. Leave those friends.
Never leave loyal friends. They are invaluable.
12. “Work hard and you will make more money.”
No. Work SMART and you will make more money.
No. Work SMART and you will make more money.
13. "Have kids later in life.”
You are playing Russian roulette with your genetics when you have kids in your late 30s.
Trust me on this one.
You are playing Russian roulette with your genetics when you have kids in your late 30s.
Trust me on this one.
14. “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.”
This mentality programs people to act like a robot.
Take risks.
Stop worrying about what other people think.
This mentality programs people to act like a robot.
Take risks.
Stop worrying about what other people think.
15. “Keep your friends close, and keep your enemies closer.”
Just cut them out. Move on.
Ignore loser energy.
Just cut them out. Move on.
Ignore loser energy.
16. “Follow your heart”
Take calculated risks instead.
Consider all options and create a system.
Take calculated risks instead.
Consider all options and create a system.
17. “You can sleep when you’re dead”
Your health is your most important asset.
Make sleep a priority.
Your health is your most important asset.
Make sleep a priority.
18. “Keep quiet. Never tell people your goals.”
Whenever you embark on a journey of self-growth:
Tell EVERYONE you know of your goals.
People will then expect you to see them through.
This is a simple way of social proofing your life.
Whenever you embark on a journey of self-growth:
Tell EVERYONE you know of your goals.
People will then expect you to see them through.
This is a simple way of social proofing your life.
19. “Breakfast is the most important meal”
Most people eat sugary/highly processed food for breakfast.
Skip it.
Drink water and black coffee.
Most people eat sugary/highly processed food for breakfast.
Skip it.
Drink water and black coffee.
20. “Everything happens for a reason"
The reason why it happened is that you LET it happen.
This is just a clever cope mechanism.
The reason why it happened is that you LET it happen.
This is just a clever cope mechanism.
21. “Stay Informed. Watch the news.”
The news exists to make you anxious.
Anxious people are easy to control.
Watch the news if you want to be controlled.
The news exists to make you anxious.
Anxious people are easy to control.
Watch the news if you want to be controlled.
22. “Happy wife, happy life”
Nonsense.
Will not explain.
Nonsense.
Will not explain.
23. “High school is the best years of your life.”
If life isn't getting better as you get older,
you are doing something wrong.
If highschool was your plateau I am sorry.
If life isn't getting better as you get older,
you are doing something wrong.
If highschool was your plateau I am sorry.
24. “Just stop thinking about it and it will happen”
If you stop thinking about it WON'T happen.
Your thoughts manifesting your reality.
It’s simple.
If you stop thinking about it WON'T happen.
Your thoughts manifesting your reality.
It’s simple.
25. “Drink that cup of Starbucks”
Starbucks is garbage coffee.
It's garbage coffee that will make you poor make you poor.
Over 30 years the money you spent could be worth 300K (in real assets).
That’s not chump change.
Starbucks is garbage coffee.
It's garbage coffee that will make you poor make you poor.
Over 30 years the money you spent could be worth 300K (in real assets).
That’s not chump change.
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