If someone you know is doing it tough, and you can afford it, anonymously drop a $20 Coles/Woolworths/Aldi card into their letterbox.  There are some things you do not need thanks for.  If $20 is too much for your budget, perhaps a loaf of bread or a bottle of milk?

At some stage in your life, work in a service industry: banking, health care, reception, waiting on tables.  Then you will learn two things:  how to treat staff in service industry and why people work in the service industry loathe the general public.

Occasionally in life, there are situations that call for a smug “I told you so”.  Occasionally.

You cannot make every situation right, no matter how hard you try, how much you want to or how unjust it is.  Still, you need to try.

Hard work is good for you.  However, hard work must be balanced by rest and relaxation.

There is no shame in having a few different careers in your life.  There is no shame in doing the same job from the time you leave school until you retire.  As long as you can look yourself in the mirror and say “I am happy”.

Do things that make you proud of who you are and what you do.  Once you no longer respect yourself and your actions, you need to change your behaviour.

Phone calls at 2am are never good, unless it is to tell us about a new baby or an engagement.  Those are great phone calls to make and receive.