I turn 33 in 3 days time.
Here are 3 things I've learnt in the last 33 years (give or take) about life.
- Always back yourself. If you don't no one else will. Even if you're wrong back yourself, you'll learn. Don't be afraid to back yourself because you might be wrong.
- Some things in life are like being constipated. It seems like you are going to die at the time and you don't know how you are going to get through. But you grit your teeth and you do and when you're through, and it's over, after a few days you can't quite remember what the trouble was.
- Be yourself. Don't have different personas for friends, work and family. It's hard enough being one person let alone several. Just be the best one person you can. If people don't like that it's their problem, not yours.
1. Jack Pandemian
2. Matt
“Some things in life are like being constipated. It seems like you are going to die at the time and you don’t know how you are going to get through. But you grit your teeth and you do and when you’re through, and it’s over, after a few days you can’t quite remember what the trouble was”
That sounds like some serious constipation right there. I suggest eating more fibre.
3. Andrew
I always thought “a bad decision is better than no decision” is a good one.
4. Stuart
I like these. Including the one about the Dip Dabs.
5. The B
Totally agree with number 2, as ungraceful as your analogy is.
Only kind of agree with number 3. Although people can spot a fake a mile away and in general it’s best to be yourself, I think it’s hard not to have slightly different personas for work and home. It’s not about pretending to be someone you’re not, it’s more about appropriate behaviour. At work, not always but generally, you should be politer and more controlled. It would be boring if you were like that at home with your mates.
Number 1. I get where you’re coming from, but my problem is almost the opposite; according to my workmates I always sound far too confident of what I’m saying and actually I find it very difficult to say I’m not sure without sounding like I’m just saying that. Yet it can be a complete strength to admit uncertainty, to go out on a limb and be able to risk that whilst simultaneously admitting freely that you might be wrong. Maybe that doesn’t contradict what you meant.
6. Destructor
I’ve be interested to know which series of events taught you to back yourself ‘even when wrong’.
7. Adrian
8. cian
“Some things in life are like being constipated.” This is so true, like the time I was constipated and I really needed to do a poo and I couldn’t.
9. Destructor
You’ve considered yourself wrong in every conversation you’ve ever learnt anything from?
On one hand, this explains so much. But on the other…uhm, wha?!?
10. Adrian
I’ve learnt from every conversation that I have later found out I was wrong in.
11. cian
“Some things in life are like being constipated. It seems like you are going to die at the time and you don’t know how you are going to get through. But you grit your teeth and you do and when you’re through, and it’s over, after a few days you can’t quite remember what the trouble was.”