What’s the Best Advice You’ve Ever Received?
This week on The Huffington Post, self-proclaimed “personal strength” expert Marcus Buckingham shares with us pearls of wisdom from a select group of women living their best life, as Oprah would say. These women are living what they describe as full, satisfying lives, finding that balance between career and children, personal and professional, and are now sharing with HuffPo’s readers what they’ve learned.
I’ve heard from many people that mentors have been instrumental in shaping their lives, offering personal and professional advice that changed their course of action dramatically. Having never had a mentor, I really appreciate when another woman takes the time to share her experiences with me. I strongly believe that through listening and learning from each other we can shorten our learning curve and exponentially increase our chances of success.
“In the course of our research for Find Your Strongest Life, we interviewed many women who had been extraordinarily successful, and had created a fulfilling, satisfying life. These interviews were wide-ranging, vivid and punchy. In my last couple of posts, I have described the “catch-and-cradle” approach to life shared by many of these women. In this post, I’m going to draw directly from the women themselves. Here are four of the most distinctive pieces of advice that were shared….”
Read the rest of the article here: “Words of Wisdom From Strong Women”
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?
Tags: advice, marcus buckingham, wisdom, women
October 28th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
My mom has always been the strongest female influence in my life, and the person I truly admire most. Many times through the years she has reminded me that I will never get back more than I give - whether it’s to a relationship, a job, whatever. My first instinct is to always feel like I’m giving so much. But the truth is we need to constantly evaluate our own behaviors and make sure that you’re really “in it”, with head and heart. In the past, I’ve had to check myself, to make sure I was really giving situations my all. I’ve also left jobs and boyfriends when I realized that my efforts weren’t reciprocated.
October 28th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Early in my marriage, I was angry with my husband (for some insignificant infraction, but HUGE in my 21 year old world). Out with the family, I was pouting, stomping and downright bitchy. My mother-in-law, grabbing my elbow, whisked me away from the group and whispered, “don’t fight in public, it makes you look bad and everyone else feels uncomfortable”. From that moment, while there have been many arguments, I have never publicly fought with my husband. Now, 30 years into the relationship, I’d say that was very good advice - which I’ve applied many times over in my professional life, too.