- Mar 15, 2018
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1. Always measure the value of free advice against what you paid for it.2. Beware the man who speaks in absolutes for he is often absolutely wrong.
3. “Best” in any context is always subjective.
4. Everyone is built differently, sees differently, hears differently, what works for you may not work for me and vice versa
5. The word “Hero” used to be reserved for someone who put themselves in grave danger (“is there any other kind”) to stop a crime. Now it means someone who was the victim of said crime…what the F*&^! “Expert” has taken the same downward spiral. Sorry, but your Military service (thank you) or background in Law Enforcement (35 years and counting) does not make you (or me) an “expert” in anything. You may be better informed but an expert is: “a person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.” There are very few “Heroes” walking among us and an equally small number of “Experts”.
6. During an argument if you force your opponent to the use of slurs or vulgarities, the argument is over and guess what, you won it!
7. Everybody seems to know a guy that knows a guy, but no one ever seems to actually know “the” guy.
8. 10 years from now everything you once thought to be incontrovertibly true will have been proven false.
9. I don’t care how long you’ve been plying your trade or how much of an “expert” (see #5) you think you are, you can always learn something new. There is always someone smarter or more clever than you.
10. There are lots of good people out there willing to offer sound advice (many of them on this forum) and an even larger number who will steer you astray. I recommend ignoring those that claim to “know everything” and listening to the ones who admit they don’t.
11. Trust me, I’m an expert.