25 Best Pieces of Random Advice I've Gotten in 25 Years

1. Appreciate your "natural beauty." You're beautiful when you stop hiding or you stop striving. The best beauty secrets: a smile, raw food, water, and sunscreen ( Wear Sunscreen by Mary Schmich)

2. Start investing when you are young. Learn the rule of 72. Huh? Ask a Financial advisor. Did you know you can sit down with a licensed registered representative (kind of like a financial advisor) and plot out your financial future for free?
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3. Don't use people and love things; love people and use things. Mom: "We may not have much, but we have each other."
Rick Warren: "Life is about people and relationships, not things."

4. Really listen to people. Rick Warren: "The thing that people want is focused attention."

5. Don't waste precious days with unnecessary colds. Adults get about 2-4 colds in a year. Avoid this and take AIRBORNE. It works. There's a reason why the second grade teacher who made it is now a millionaire. Airborne made 21 million dollars in 2006.

6. Shower your family with affection. Everybody in my family massages. I think that's why we are so close. If you are a mom, teach your kids how to massage. You'll get the benefits in a decade when they can massage you! From my mom: affectionate families are authentic families.

7. Forget reading horoscopes to understand your life and those of your loved-ones. Read your personality page.

8. Men: Be strong. It's what women and the world need most from you. Strength uncontrolled is a temper and violence. Strength removed is passivity and neglect.

9. Stop watching t.v. and reading fashion magazines. The quickest route to discontent is the path between you and the t.v. remote or the path between you and the magazine stand.

10. High School Math Teacher: Before reaching for a Tylenol to cure a headache, ask yourself, "Was it the lack of a Tylenol that brought on this headache?" No. Most likely it was lack of water, lack of sleep, etc. Make the lack the cure.

11. Discover your roots. It is never too late to embrace your culture.

12. Make your siblings your closest allies. Siblings make the best best friends.