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There are always people out there with worst problem then you, but that doesn't mean yours don't matter "- Santa Claus
That even if your think you are bad with money, you can control your spending.
Always Keep your Door shut when watching Anime. Some people just don't get the jokes

 Cheesecat wrote:

 Ahtman wrote:
Your attitude determines the world you get, not the other way around.

I disagree, I think wealth, geography, culture, etc play important roles as well.

But a millionaire and a paraplegic can be equally happy with their life. Basically, it's the ability to produce synthetic happiness.

If you're applying one sentence phrases to your life you're probably looking at the situation too simply.

Never put Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Creme on your knob and and bollocks.

My patient mind is chased away
By those that speak, yet nothing say
(In other words, don't be a chatterbox when someone is trying to concentrate)

It's not a crime unless you get caught.

Denial is the essence of faith.

Money is the most powerful force in the world.

They say the love of money is the root of all evil. They also said something about a magic garden, an enchanted tree and a talking snake.

Don't feel bad about not giving to charities. You'll always have the needy, you won't always have your money.

Manners and traditions are important, but they don't put food on the table.

If God really wanted you to worship him, he wouldn't have created money.

Some people say money doesn't buy happiness. Some people have also never known poverty.

You're only greedy if you're rich. If you're poor, you're being economic.

If someone offers to pick up the check, don't argue, say thank you.

If you offer someone money and they say no, take the money back, don't fight for them to take your money.

If you need to travel with two laptops always allow another hour for security inspection.

#YOLO

In seriousness, if you want to do something, just do it. Take that chance and do whatever strikes your fancy, no matter how ridiculous it is, or what people will think of you. If you want to dress up in bondage gear and walk around town, just do it. What's the worst that can happen? That cute girl who delivers your paper? Shoot the breeze with her. What's the worst that can happen.

Life's too short to live your life worrying about what might happen, or what people will think of you. I know I've missed out on a lot because I thought it wasn't socially acceptable, or that it was unbecoming of my personal expectations of myself. As a child, I resigned myself to purposely not socializing with people who were successful in things, or people who made themselves significant in any way. I still do it. As a result, my expectations of myself are very low, because I hung out with slackers and other do-nothings.

Obviously, don't put yourself in financial jeopardy, or any other sort of serious jeopardy.

No matter what life throws at you over the course of your life, you need to be prepared for that one period of time where everything will remorselessly come at you at once.

Only death is certain.

QFT:

"Both thorn and thistles it should bring forth, for us. For out of the ground we were taken for the dust we are, and to the dust we shall return." Eli, Book of Eli.

Always gak on company time.

Things are never as bad as you think. Things are never as good as you think.

 DemetriDominov wrote:
Only death is certain.

For death to be certain, then life must also be certain. Life gives death meaning. Without life, there can be no death.

Oh I got one
I am not who I think I am, I am not who you think I am, I am who I think you think I am

Never trust a severed head you dug up in the desert who tries to be your friend.

So, no one wants to share stories on how they learned these lessons? I wonder if any of these lessons have actually been learned, or are just parroting what someone else told them was truth?

 Easy E wrote:
So, no one wants to share stories on how they learned these lessons?

No, I'd rather not. If you really want to read about it, just become a DCM, I've repeated myself enough.

 Coolyo294 wrote:
Never put Veet for Men Hair Removal Gel Creme on your knob and and bollocks.

You read the comments too?
OT: Don't get bitter, get better.
If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bs.

If at first you don't succeed, cry some me

NEVER volunteer information to a cop - see if they ask you first. I actually had to teach this to someone older than me a few months ago (and I'm no spring chicken).

Washes hide a multitude of sins - my miniature painting motto for at least 20 years.

When you are hungry, eat.
When you are tired, sleep.

-Family isn't the most important thing in life. Its the only important thing.
***Learned from my travails in the Great Game of Life and the examples that were my parents.
-Steak, chocolate, queso, and violins playing Pachabel are proof of the existence of God.
***These are self evident.
-Don't change your gear until you're coming out of the bank and kick those cleats to keep the ass end down on a jump. Landing on the guy in front of you is bad.
***Motorcycle racing as a youngin.
-You know you've changed when you go from "wow that gal is hot" to "wow that gal is hot and I need to introduce her to the Boy."
***Last year. Reinforced this year at the park when walking the dogs on Saturday morning. They had some sort of sand volleyball meet with lots of high school ladies he needed to meet.

If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.

If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to look like a nail.

Everyone, even your enemies, can be used to your advantage, if you are creative. Remember this.
That one's from high school politics.

Be yourself in all things. Do not be afraid of what you do, or of showing that to someone else. If they're worth talking to, they really won't mind. Similarly, don't take questions as hostility; they might just be a little interested.
That's from a good friend of mine, learnt from observation and reflection rather than outright advice.

Everyone has a flaw.
Experience.

You can grow anything in the garden of your mind.

 AustonT wrote:
You can grow anything in the garden of your mind.

But be careful of the weeds, they are horrendous.


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Where I learned my lessons
There are always people out there with worst problem then you, but that doesn't mean yours don't matter "- Santa Claus
****Reba
That even if your think you are bad with money, you can control your spending.
******By Makeing it from july and october with only 400$, and still being able to get models and play at 40k night, and spend 80$ on food at school a month
Always Keep your Door shut when watching Anime. Some people just don't get the jokes
******I was watching Evangalion, My mom thought it was porn.

Just have a good time, all the time, because you aren't here for a LONG time.

Simple. That's how I try to roll. It's a work-in-progress.

Since we seem to be clarifying:

 dogma wrote:

 AustonT wrote:

If you aren't cheating, you are not trying.

Most definitely.

General life experience, but I first learned this playing football. The phrase was "Its only a penalty if it gets called." which of course lead to many instance of my hand "slipping" into the throat of the opposing lineman. After all, its hard to block if you can't breathe. This principle, over time, turned into a favorite axiom of mine "Cheating is only bad if you're bad at cheating."

 dogma wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
In a fight the only honorable outcome is victory, fight dirty.

Also this, and not only in physical fights.

Always have a backup copy of your uni timetable

And just because it says a class is iun a certain room doesn't always make it so

 AustonT wrote:
Chicks who look 18 and say they are 20 are 16.

This.

Dont think with your crotch - this goes for men and women.

This too. More importantly, think with your head, not your heart, that can get you in as much trouble as thinking with your crotch.

I've also learned this (which also explains how I learned the above lessons): If you love somebody, set her free, if she comes back to you, then its true, if she suddenly leaves you again for a woman that she just met and barely knows claiming that she just realized that she is a lesbian and she is so disappointed because she was so happy with you and felt so strongly for you, and gives you absolutely no opportunity to try to figure out how its possible that she really is a lesbian and she really was so happy with you and felt so strongly for you, then there is a good chance that she has a personality disorder, but don't try telling her that (even though she herself may have suggested it a couple months earlier) and asking if you can speak to her therapist, because then you're the bad guy.