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Proverb: Do as I say, not as I do
Much of the advice you have received, will receive, or have given in your life probably falls under the category of do as I say, not as I do.
I remember being out in the barn on a stormy winter’s night with my father and a bunch of his friends.
The wind was howling, and the snow was piling up outside the doors, but inside was very warm because of the woodstove and the animals’ body heat.
I was 6 – 10 years old, playing with my toys while all the men stood up around my father’s workbench, drinking beer and whiskey while smoking.
My father gave me a severe look and said, ‘David, don’t be like these **holes here, never smoke and never drink. Do that, and you’ll be a rich man.’
Isn’t that ironic?
It’s amazing what you remember from your childhood.
Good advice comes from the experience of failure.
Do as I say, not as I do means learn from my mistakes and don’t copy me.
But that’s what I mean by most advice comes under the category of do as I say, not as I do.
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As another similar example from the male world, many older married men will advise younger males to ‘Never get married!’
In these situations, alcohol is often involved.
The men are usually already three sheets to the wind, and once they sober up, they’ll admit their wives are the best thing that ever happened to them.
You see, men don’t ‘get married,’ it just kinda happens to them.
For the rest of their lives, they sometimes miss the feeling of being twenty-three, young, wild and free.
Yes, getting married probably saved their lives.
They know that, but alcohol changes a man.
Remember, much of the advice you have received, will receive, or have given in your life probably falls under the category of do as I say, not as I do.
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