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People Break Down The Absolute Best Advice They've Ever Received

It's so easy for us to get caught up in the negative things in our day-to-day lives, whether it's a bad day at work or an ended relationship, but it's important to remember what else we have going for it.

Sometimes the best thing to do is to listen to the people we look up to, and let their words help us move through the tough time.


Redditor Miller1xo asked:

"What's the best advice you've ever received?"

It's Not That Important

"No one cares."

"That's actually the advice."

"The vast majority of people are more concerned about going about their own days and doing their own things."

"I kept being too socially conscious of myself around others, believing that every move I was making was being monitored and judged all the time."

"But the reality was that, just like me, everyone around me was just focused on themselves and what they were doing and not at all on others."

"And if anyone did anything out of the ordinary or 'embarrassing,' we all forgot about it the next day."

"So once I realized this, my social anxiety essentially disappeared after a month and I was far more comfortable in my own skin."

- fortifier22

The Bad Comes with the Good

"Life sucks, get a helmet."

"And life is like a s**t sandwich, every now and again you gotta take a bite. But the more bread you have, the less s**t you taste."

- vNerdNeck

The Great Aunt Has Spoken

"Three rules from a great aunt:"

"Go to the restroom while you have a chance."

"If there's a seat available, sit down."

"If someone offers you a breath mint, take it."

- realitygroupie

Just Ask

"If you ask, they might say yes. They might also say no, but if you don't ask, it's always a no. So ask."

- frid

Nothing Can Change if Nothing Ever Changes

"Not making a decision IS making a decision."

"As someone who struggles with indecisiveness, this has been an important one. It's easy to get wrapped up in analyzing options, especially what could go wrong. Sometimes the decision paralysis is worse than the consequences of a suboptimal choice."

- FatherJohnFahey

Take Care of Your Body

"Look after your back. You will be sorry in later years if you don't, and it's much easier to look after it now than try to fix it later."

- LucyVialli

Progress, Not Perfection

"Doing something imperfectly is better than not doing it at all."

- T3canolis

Perfection is an Obstacle

"There's a common phrase, 'Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.'"

"I like to adapt it: 'Don't let perfect be the enemy of done.'"

- angry_guacamole

Let It Go

"The best advice I ever saw was from Bo Burnham on a talk show. Conan O'Brien asked the standard question: 'What advice would you have for other young people who want to pursue their dreams like you?'"

"He responded: 'Well, my advice for you would be to take a deep breath...and give up. I got to where I am today purely because of luck. All these celebs today like Taylor Swift telling you to 'be yourself and follow your dreams,' it's like saying 'liquidize your assets, buy Powerball tickets! get rich! it works!' It doesn't work.'"

"'...Ten years ago I was just a dumb, skinny white kid who didn't know what he was doing. Now the only thing that's changed is I'm famous.'"

"Just do whatever you want, and if you get lucky and hit it rich then that's great. But it probably won't happen."

- VisconitiKing

Put Yourself Out There

"Hard work alone won't do sh*t for you. Chance encounters, a seemingly small conversation, and Cosmic timing have a much bigger impact on your success than hard work alone."

"In my case, there was a random LinkedIn message from a recruiter and a gut feeling I should respond to it. That led me to have a successful job that values work-life balance and pays way more than my previous company."

"Networking is an example of this. If you happened to know a guy who knows a guy, you can land pretty sweet jobs over someone who quietly works overtime all day every day."

"The family you are born into can also play into it. Apologies to Taylor swift fans, but there isn't anything special about her. If she was an average person, she would not have had the same level of success. Her family's connection to the record industry played a huge part in her initial success."

- ansteve1

Dump Her Back

"My first love left me for another guy. I was visibly depressed, and my Granddad asked, 'What's wrong with you?' I told him. He responded, 'Dump her back.'"

"I was bewildered. What the f**k does that mean?"

"Then, a few months later, my ex-girlfriend got dumped by the new guy and pleaded with me to take her back. It got to the point of her stalking me."

"I stood firm and dumped her back."

- frederick_ungman

Perspective is Everything

"While driving one day, I was p**sed that someone cut me off when I had the right of way."

"My Great Grandfather told me, 'There's a lot of dead people who had the right of way, too.'"

"I never forgot that advice. It may not be the best advice ever but it always stuck with me."

- SeriousBlak

Practice Gratitude

"A hundred dollars isn’t a lot to have, but it’s a lot to need."

- bang0_slank

Parenting Hacks

"If you have little kids, triple sheet their beds, alternating with full-size waterproof pads. So: pad, sheet, pad, sheet, pad, sheet."

"In the middle of the night when you have work in the morning and they wet the bed or throw up or get a nosebleed, pull up one layer, toss it into the laundry, and put the kid right back to sleep."

"Also, if anyone in your house isn't feeling well, give your kid a bucket or something next to their bed in case they wake up feeling sick. No one likes to clean up a trail of vomit from the kid's room to the parent's room or bathroom in the middle of the night."

- goddess_eris

Surround Yourself with People Who Support You

"When no one's got your back... move your f**king back."

- IJacboy

Each of these concepts are great ways to get more out of life, but the big ticket item here is perspective.

So often, we exaggerate things, whether how embarrassing a mistake was or how hard it will be to complete that task or how bad we think we have it, but if we compare that to someone else's circumstances, or how small this moment is in the grand scheme of things, it suddenly becomes easier to be more grateful and take more from life.

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