What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
In grad school, We were working on an advanced marketing project. Our marketing team was lagging far behind all other teams. And we were sitting in a review meeting with the professor.
The teacher listened to our status on the project and paused for a few seconds seeming to choose his words carefully.
In a kind voice. he uttered these four words.
“READ THE F@CKi@G DIRECTIONS.”
With new found insight, we eventually ended up acing the project and won this marketing competition.
I still have difficulty reading directions, but when struggling with a project I do revert to these words. It seems to help.







