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What is the greatest piece of advice you have received?

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We have all gone through our own battles and some point in our life we have received advice from individuals that we have only passed on to others or remembered forever.

What is the greatest piece of advice you have received and why does such advice hold such importance to you?
 
Get out of your comfort zone.

Any skill can be acquired through repetition.

Opportunity is where the majority isn’t.
 
Sadly my mind is wired to remember the worst advices and as to why they were the worst.
 
Sadly my mind is wired to remember the worst advices and as to why they were the worst.

You don't remember the good advices I give. I ask you to read more, to challenge your views, but all I see is you discussing netflix shows. I want you to become the best version of yourself.
 
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

- Steve Jobs
 
"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth, but you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!" - was told this by my coach :afridi
 
"Do something today that your future self will thank you for."

"Be grateful for the life what you have, for there are so many who are praying for it."

"Never make promises when you are happy; never make decisions when you are angry."

"There are so many hidden blessings simply in acquiring and spending your wealth in a halal way."

"Look after your character and your reputation will look after itself."

"He who is not content with what he has, will never be content with what he would like to have."

"The only thing that is certain is death; everything else is temporary."

These are a few examples.
 
"If you do not have a job, your full-time job is to find one"


"Graveyards are full of people who once thought they were the center of the world"
 
This might resonate with some people but a couple of years back, two days before I graduated high school we received our yearbooks.

The first person who asked me to sign a yearbook was a big, popular girl who I had never really known but I suppose she knew me. After signing her yearbook she said to me never listen to people and their opinion. Although she was sugar-coating, to me that meant stop caring about what people think about you or your actions.

The last two days of school were by far the best and the freest I ever felt in high school. I had the confidence to talk to anyone I wanted and do whatever I wanted. Since then, I've carried that mentality and would offer the same advice to everyone else. You should look to do what is best for your family and your happiness without thinking about what your chachi, chacha, mamu or anyone else would think.
 
Nobody is going to do you any favors, you have to do everything yourself!
 
Every corpse on top of Mount Everest was once a highly motivated person. Stay lazy. Stay alive.
 
It is always darkest before dawn.

So if you really must steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.

Works best if the neighbor subscribes to Dawn.
 
Before you judge someone, walk a mile in their shoes.

That way you’re a mile away. And you have their shoes.
 
Don't underestimate or overestimate anyone.

Be friendly but have a backbone.

Learn the difference between bravery and stupidity.

Never chase happiness. You are either happy or you are not.
 
1) We as slaves of Allah have turned our back towards our creator, so why are you upset/shocked about those people that have turned their back towards you?

2) Stay away from women; they are poisonous.

3) Time doesn’t heal anything, it’s your mind that heals everything.
 
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