Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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My dad....Once told me when ever someone said to work 100% or above to ignore them and work 80.
Confused, as this was coming from a father who worked hard and earned enough to live quite comfortably, I asked him why.
Because, he said, the people who work that hard will be great workers for a short while until they burn themselves out. Whereas if you work at 80% you will constantly be a good worker and be able to go on giving for much longer.
Great advice that really makes sense, although non-applicable to us as dad is a workaholic and I'm a lazy sod...
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vix0r was not Matthew on, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 20:14,
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True and ...The harder you work, the more they expect you to work harder.
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girlinthehole, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 20:26,
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Not only thatYou can impress people by giving the mythical 110% by going to 88%. (For a short while only of course).
No one really appreciates hard work anyway. Most places, you get half your marks simply for turning up approximately on time.
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