Thread by @SahilBloom

What is the single greatest piece of advice you’ve ever received?

I recently asked my audience and got 2,000+ responses.

Here are my favorites (to start your week off right):

Put good things between you and the earth.

Buy a good bed, boots, and tires.

(h/t @SamSharplesMT and his wise grandpa)

If you don’t ask, you don’t get.

(h/t @SwingPony)

In regards to doing something, you don't want to do...

Don't think about, just start doing it. The more you think about it the more reasons you'll give yourself to not do it.

(h/t @alexgarcia_atx and his wise father)

Make decisions today that you'll be proud of tomorrow.

(h/t @JuliaLaRoche and her wise mother)

Walk like you have 3000 ancestors behind you.

(h/t @IAmAaronWill)

Life gets a lot easier when you just accept that life isn’t always fair.

(h/t @JamesonCamp)

The world is cold and nasty but still there are a lot of good people.

You just have to find 1 or 2 and you will start loving the world.

(h/t @sandipsrawat and his wise mother)

Invest in yourself before you invest in others.

(h/t @alex_skazka)

There are always more options than you realize and things are never as bad as they seem.

(h/t @JYuter)

When you were born, you cried, but the whole world smiled at you.

Live a life such that when you die, the whole world cries, but you smile.

(h/t @ugidjuric)

You can have anything you want in life, but you can't have everything.

(h/t @KetoBars_Jon and a wise 80-year-old on the golf course)

If you’re gonna be stupid, you’d better be tough.

(h/t @mrsmckinne and her wise grandpa)

You come at the King, you best not miss.

(h/t @SahilBloom)

In life, you don’t get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

(h/t @qmrossi from his mentor @MikeMikeflax)

The best moments you’ll ever have in your life are the simplest.

Slipping into clean sheets. Hiking right after a storm. A night talking with friends. Being there for others. Helping a friend.

What you think of as painful will simply be erased in time.

(h/t @anthonyjreeves)

The two most important decisions that you make in life are what you do for a living and who you marry.

You get these two correct and you'll have a nice life.

(h/t @MettoweeRiver)

Pay attention to people's patterns of behavior. They are better guides than their words.

(h/t @AndreWorrell7)

Experience is like a pyramid. The broader the base, the higher you can build.

So, diversify your experience early in your career.

(h/t @SamRosmarin)

Participate to learn, not to earn. The latter will come with practice.

(h/t @chriscantino)

Your success in life is largely dependent on how many uncomfortable conversations you’re willing to have.

(h/t @SoularLawyer)

Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

(h/t @Nrcoope)

And a few funny ones to brighten your day:

“If your eyes hurt while eating coffee, take the spoon out of the cup.” — @gregisenberg (h/t @Julian)

Plead not guilty. — h/t @Cokedupoptions

Buy Bitcoin in 2013! — h/t Captain Hindsight

I hope this thread gets your week off to an inspired start.

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