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The Best Advice You Were Ever Given

Stig
Stig Posts: 29,104
in Not Sports Related
Back in the '80s I was a young union rep. Something had happened at work, I can't remember what, but I got vicariously angry on behalf of my members. I wrote a stinging letter to the head of personnel that was full of invective.

This wise old man took the time to explain to me about the importance of building relationships rather than attacking people. His particular advice on complaining in writing I thing is very useful: When you have finished writing your missive, read it again and take out the line that you are most proud of. That is invariably the one that will do the most damage.

I can't say that I have always used it, as some of you may know. But I do use it regularly and do think it's valuable.
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  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,726
    If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Sheff Utd will come good.....
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,015
    'Use two fingers, bend them slightly, and move up and down gently'
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,896
    Don't sh#t on your own doorstep
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,199
    "Everyone else is making it up as they go along, but they're so intent on avoiding being found out, they won't question you."
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly!
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    "Get yourself a good accountant"
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,044
    The Magna Carta gives you the right to smoke in public toilets, especially at football grounds.
    ;-)
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,997
    ValleyGary said:

    'Use two fingers, bend them slightly, and move up and down gently'

    Haha brilliant!

    And "This".
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,264
    Just say no

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  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,585
    When driving, treat every other driver as an idiot and expect the unexpected!
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,066
    Stay away from the "Boardroom Watch" thread!
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    If she don't come, tickle her up the bum with a lump of celery

  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,896
    Tell Sid
  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    An old chestnut but 'Fail to prepare, prepare to fail' is so true in almost anything you do. My lads cringe when I say it in a 'told-you-so' kind of way.
  • incorruptible addick
    incorruptible addick Posts: 2,125
    edited November 2013
    Breathe. After that, everything else is up to you!
  • charente addick
    charente addick Posts: 3,814
    Stone said:

    An old chestnut but 'Fail to prepare, prepare to fail' is so true in almost anything you do. My lads cringe when I say it in a 'told-you-so' kind of way.

    Similarly, the old 'never ass because it makes an ass of u & me' adage.
    Also 'don't get mad, get even' has always worked well but very difficult to adopt in the heat of battle.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    You get what you pay for.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,058
    "Do something you're good at and enjoy" has held me in good stead.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,199
    McBobbin said:

    "Do something you're good at and enjoy" has held me in good stead.

    I'd never leave my flat!

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  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,332
    never get into a CL argument with Henry Irving
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,634
    northstandsteve said:

    always look on the bright side of life

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,673
    You've got two ears and one mouth so listen twice as much as you speak.

    (It may not seem like it given the number of posts I make on here!)
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    "two in the pink, one in the stink!"
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    Always go for women with small hands.
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,186
    Before judging ALWAYS listen to both sides of the argument (applies to many threads on here...)
  • Robbo on the wing
    Robbo on the wing Posts: 4,135
    Life is not a dress rehersal for something else. Live it whilst you can.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    My Old Grandad who worked in the Admiralty all his life always told me "Never visit a Country that ends in 'stan'".
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,959
    edited November 2013
    Not to get too hung up and stressed about work. Mere days before Mum died, she said to me that 6 months beforehand (when she never even knew she was ill) she came home from work feeling almost ill with stress over something or another happening in the office. She said that now she knows she is literally in her last days, she is thinking of me, my dad, her family, and all the times she spent with us. She realised how pointless (unless you are saving lives) and unimportant work is compared to family.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    'If it ain't there, it can't go wrong'.

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