What is the best advice you have ever received? Whether from your parents, a professor, or a Fortune 500 CEO, a small piece of advice can stay with you for a long time and help shape your life choices. Sometimes words impact you when you least expect it… and when you most need it. Here are just a few words of wisdom from a couple of great friends:
Once you finish reading, please share the wisdom by adding your own “best advice” in the comments section.
Kat Cole
President, Cinnabon
I have received so much great advice in my life, so it’s hard to pin just one thing down. Here are a few of the best pieces of advice that I have received:
The best advice from my mom: “Don’t ever forget where you came from, but don’t you dare let it solely define you… you can reinvent yourself; you define you.”
The best advice from my mentors: “Keep your ‘candle power’ – no matter how hard the wind blows, keep shining your light.” “Do the right things for the right reasons; it will never lead you astray.”
Joey Reiman
CEO and Founder, BrightHouse
“The most important day of your life is the day you find out why you are here. This moment is your Big Bang. And you create your you-niverse. Happy travels.”
Joni Thomas Doolin
Founder & CEO, People Report & Black Box Intelligence
This advice is ancient and I imagine I heard it first in a yoga studio or in a book from the beloved and wise monk Thich Nhat Hanh (whose tomes I have carried for years). This is a paraphrase – but the essence is this: “Sometimes it is enough just to present yourself to the mat.”
When I am fighting the demons of perfectionism, procrastination (it’s twin sister) or am simply tired, I remind myself that it is okay just to do what I can. Offered with an open heart, and resolve to return later, it can carry me through some of life’s dips.
Mark Wesley
President, Recall Americas
I would have to say that the best advice I received was when I was about 28 years old. I was told, “Find a company where your personality fits with the culture. That way you can ‘be yourself’ and succeed along the way, leading to satisfaction and fulfillment.”
What’s the best advice you have received? Add it below in the comments section.
