Don’t anticipate anything good from others.
Don’t receive advice from others. You do what you think is right for you.
I think I get where you are coming from here, though I question the certainty in it. There is too much nuance to humanity to never trust or always ignore.
If you never anticipate good in others, you must be very lonely - never trusting, always defensive, waiting for the next attack. We all have different levels of trust shaped by our own experiences. Personally, I try to anticipate good until a person proves otherwise. I’d rather be disappointed occasionally than miss a possible connection to someone because I never anticipated goodness.
As far as receiving advice, take it from anyone and everyone. We constantly do this, even if we don’t notice. We take in the world around us. We decided if it was good, bad, or somewhere in between. If I see someone hit their thumb with a hammer, I learn not to hold the nail in the way way did. It’s non-verbal, yet in its own way, is advice. Verbal advice works similarly. Take it in, listen to it, accept or reject it. Ether way, it is part of you. You will adapt it to your own view. If someone says that jumping of a bridge is the best thing ever, you can ignore them or you can do it. Ignoring them shapes a picture of that person as irresponsible or dangerous while shaping you to be more conscious and risk-averse. Doing it shapes that person in your mind as someone to listen to in order to do something fun. I suppose what I’m getting at is a simple question, can you really ignore advice?
I’m probably just thinking more into it than you intended.
Collect what you’re owed as soon as you can. Pay what you owe as late as you can.
UPDATE: “Every accusation is a projection” is more universal than some of you would like to admit.
Why? Seems to me paying debts early is good advice, less hassle dealing with those loan sharks.
Depends on the point of view. If your biggest risk is you spending that loan money on gambling, then yes paying the debt early would help you get in less trouble.
From an economic point of view, if you don’t need that money at the moment, you should invest it, so that you can make a few bucks. If you get 1-2% more on every transaction that way, it really does stack up at the end, since this will make you exponentially more money.
I’m sorry but what money are you talking about here? A loan with no interest?
Collect what you’re owed as soon as you can.
Ok, with you so far.
Pay what you owe as late as you can.
But if there’s interest, this is going to screw me over as I’ll have to pay more interest (on a CC / etc)
What am I missing with the second one?
It’s more about non interest scenarios. If payment isn’t due for 30 days, you wait 30 days to pay. If it’s a place that won’t fight you, wait 40 and then pay.
Companies do this all the time.
You should never do anything that isn’t fun. Everything is fun if you make it so.
I can see where you’re coming from but sometimes short term fun can have negative long term consequences.
They’re saying that you can and should make everything you do a fun experience. Don’t like your boring machinist job? Make a game out of measuring everything. Beat your high score for the tightest tolerance.
Don’t like pulling weeds for extra money while you’re in college? Pretend you’re a homesteader cultivating the land.
Your attitude and your perception of how things are can greatly influence how you experience things.
'C’s get degrees.
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.
You can teach the job, you can’t teach personality.
If the world is going to shit, and you can’t or won’t do anything about it, why worry about it.
In the USA, money buys your freedom
