39 Brutally Honest Pieces Of Advice Most People Aren't Ready To Hear

Family should not get a free pass because they're family. Family isn't everything.

Put yourself first. Most people you go out of your way for won't do the same for you.

People often ask me how I look so young for my age (they usually guess about 10 years under). The thing I don't usually tell them is: it's cuz don't have kids. People don't like that answer.

Often the best way to get a job isn't through working hard, getting a good education, and being tireless - it's having a friend who already works at the company.

Sometimes it's best to entirely cut yourself off from toxic people. Sure you can forgive them, but you gotta watch out for yourself.

Be a bad liar when it doesn't matter so that when you really need to lie people will believe you.

No one's born special. The world owes you nothing. Most people don't achieve their dreams. Do the best you can.

Fake it until you make it.

You might not be the most successful, the coolest, the most put together, etc. It doesn't matter. If people think that you are, they will gravitate towards you naturally.

Looks determine who comes together.
Character determines who stays together.

So if you're aiming for the short run, you better shape up.

You should lose some weight.

If your kid is being picked on , don't tell them to ignore the bully. Tell them to sweep the leg then drop the elbow. It's the only proven bully repellant.

You will be exponentially happier and achieve more in life if you are ruthless about removing any and all toxic, negative and/or unnecessarily critical people from your life and inner circle, even if they are close family.

Most people scoff at being so heartless as to completely cut someone out so quickly and completely, citing someone's other "good" qualities, bad run in life, personality, familial ties or personal difficulties excusing them for their jerk behavior that ultimately takes value from your life.

Flattery works on everyone. The trick is to figure out what flavor of flattery suits each person. Sometimes it's simply agreeing with someone's opinions. Sometimes it's being flirtatious. Sometimes it's making a show of being subordinate. Sometimes it's directly including someone in jokes. Sometimes it's asking questions or for advice. Sometimes it's just noticing someone.

Flattery works on everyone. It's best not to admit that openly, but if you're doing it right, people can know your plan and still not be able to stop you, because they won't want to.

My favorite: follow the small rules and you can break the big ones

(1984).

Get rid of friends that bring constant negativity into your life. There are so many positive people out there that are much more deserving of your life

Along that same line, try your best to be a positive influence in others' lives. Your friendship will be cherished.

Make yourself happy before you try to help others with their unhappiness. It may seem selfish but if you sacrifice so much of yourself for others you'll run yourself dry and help no one.

Practice and get good at Irish exits.

If you find yourself facing an unavoidable crash with a pedestrian, speed up. It's cheaper to pay for a funeral than ten years of medical care.

- my grandfather, former driving instructor.

Quitting is way underrated. In fact, it's pretty darn awesome sometimes.

Don't tell your problems to anyone, 80% of people don't care and 20% of people are glad you have them. Sorry folks.