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“Put Your Phone On Airplane Mode Instead Of Hanging Up”: Guy On Twitter Shares 10 Useful Life Tips
Almost every day we hear something useful or we give a piece of advice ourselves. Twitter user @chrishlad thought of an idea to go through Reddit’s Life Pro Tips and find the best life tips that everyone would like to know.
The user started his Twitter post with the statement “most advice sucks”. So he then went through all of the advice section that was given by almost 20 million people on Reddit and shared 10 most useful and practical tips that would help people in life.
Which one of these you would’ve like to know years ago? Or maybe you have an even better piece of advice that people should follow? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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Even though Chris shares a lot of information about business and technology, he also gives some tips that can be useful to everyone. This particular tweet received 15k likes and made people online also join the discussion and share their own advice.
right, and it gives the other person a chance to rephrase
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But not like “EXCUSE ME?! What did you just say??” That’s lame and makes you look as bad as the person being rude. It should be straight up, “I’m sorry I couldn’t hear you! Say again please?”
I did this once. The person who had insulted me under their breath just smirked at me and said "nothing!" when I asked them to repeat. It was obvious that I had heard and they clearly revelled in that.
What if you ask them to explain what their insult meant? I heard this trick for when someone says a racist / sexist / bigoted joke.
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Where do people work that they get insults during meetings?! Holy cow. I guess I'm lucky. (Well, there are two and only two people who do that, but it's so blatant that you just have to go with it. Those two universally hate everyone, so no one takes it personally.)
My local City Council meetings are a clown show of non-professionalism... and that's coming mainly from some of the elected officials!
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Also, it is rare that someone being nasty towards you at work has anything to actually do with you. I help coordinators with their studies and some call me and they are already raging when I pick up the phone, they start off by being incredibly aggressive and combative, and all that tells me is that their boss just had a similar tone with them. Had someone really rude and nasty call me, I looked up their study, saw who their boss was, and I knew instantly that the reason she was so rude and nasty with me is because she had just got done getting yelled at by a man who goes through coordinators faster than the speed of light. Best advice, be extra helpful and kind to them and eventually they will see you as their saving grace. Had a few cases where screaming people who called me an idiot now send me Christmas cards. Are you obligated to be nice to a mean person? No, but sometimes all that person really needs is someone who helps them out so they can calm down enough to do their job.
When you politely ask them to repeat themselves, also request that they speak up loudly, as your “ears are stuffed up and you can’t hear very well today”. Better yet, ask them to email it to you (which means you will have it in written, identifiable, and time stamped form).
Always ask for a repeat. It spares you the possible embarrassment of mishearing, but put's the speaker on notice.
Which also gives you a bit more time to decide how you're going to respond. Usually just shutting the drama down is the best response. Certainly don't get into a snippy battle in front of your staff- that behavior makes you both look childish. Even saying "This needs to be discussed privately" is an acceptable response, that can help to just shut the slight down and will help to get the meeting back on track.
Don't vent to anyone at work. They don't care and they have their own issues. If you vent to the company snitch - the one who tells the boss everything - you could be making a big mistake. And if you vent to someone who wants your job, you could give them the ammunition they need to get it. Just keep your mouth closed and if things are that bad, come home and vent to your cat. Or set aside time to speak privately with your boss, keeping in the back of your mind that you should probably start looking for another job.
I used to suffer badly with PTSD and this helped enormously. It was often too much to face 'breaking the day down hour by hour' but quarters, I could do. They work better around your life pattern - even if you're at work, there's a clean line between the quarters and especially in PTSD or Anxiety which relies on adrenaline... You're rarely ever feeling quite as bad as you did 4 hours ago. Obviously sometimes the adrenaline came back that day, but drawing a line around each quarter really helped move on from it x
Twitter user Chris Hladczuk is an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs who likes to share his insights and stories on “frameworks, systems, and epic business stories”. He recently graduated from Yale where he also used to interview some of the business leaders and investors not only gaining some important insights but also sharing these stories with others.
Yup. Say it and forget it; write it and regret it. I would also only vent to the people who smoked weed on their lunch break and such. Mutually assured destruction.
They didn't. They shared it on Twitter. Bored Panda then copied it and pasted it to make money from it.
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These are the best!!! Love them so much - fresh, not twee and lightweight.
Yup. Say it and forget it; write it and regret it. I would also only vent to the people who smoked weed on their lunch break and such. Mutually assured destruction.
They didn't. They shared it on Twitter. Bored Panda then copied it and pasted it to make money from it.
Load More Replies... These are the best!!! Love them so much - fresh, not twee and lightweight.
