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Elon MuskReally pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends.  Hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.

 - Elon Musk

Tags:   advice  criticism  feedback  friends  

Stephen KingI am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read." This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons.

 - Stephen King

Tags:   advice  time  writing  

Marcus Tullius CiceroAdvice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Tags:   advice  aging  

One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good advice when he is consulted, except it be by some wonderful effort of good feeling, and there are, alas, few such men in the world. A real friend, on the other hand, exalts in his friend's happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

 - Herodotus

Tags:   advice  envy  friendship  hate  success  

Share everything. Play fair. Don't hit people. Put things hack where you found them. Clean up your own mess. Don't take things that aren't yours. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Wash your hands before you eat. Flush. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you. Live a balanced life -- learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

 - Robert Fulghum

Tags:   advice  kindergarten  kindness  

Randy PauschGet a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can be this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or it can just be one great man who tells you what you need to hear. The hard part is the listening to it. Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the real reason is. . . We've all heard that. When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

 - Randy Pausch

Tags:   advice  criticism  feedback  

Jean Paul RichterA man takes contradiction and advice much more easily than people think, only he will not bear it when violently given, even though it be well-founded. Hearts are flowers; they remain open to the softly-falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain

 - Jean Paul Richter

Tags:   advice  criticism  persuasion