Let’s face it: people love giving advice whether the person asked for it or not. It seems rare that the person actually takes the advice, but sometimes people spout off such good direction, it seems to stick with you forever.
A lot of people are quick to recommend drinking more water of getting more exercise when something doesn’t go right, but do they actually follow that themselves? Probably not. A better piece of advice that always stuck with me was “if the exercise is too hard to do and keeping you from doing it, just do it halfway. Halfway is better than nothing!”
On Twitter, @amandadeibert asked her followers, “what is a piece of advice someone gave you that ended up being SURPRISINGLY good?” People shared all of the advice that had stuck with them over the years and changed the way they think. Here are some of the best ones people shared: