Everyone loves to give advice.

Ask anyone about anything and they’ll give you their two cents.

Even if they didn’t have an opinion before you asked, now they do.

You’ve heard all kinds of advice your entire life. Some of it is good advice. Some of it is terrible.

Advice about work.
Advice about books.
Advice about money.
Advice about movies.
Advice about exercise.
Advice about marriage.

But how much of it really sticks? Is there any advice you actually listened to?

For me, there is a handful of sticky advice that’s lasted. Here are my top 4.

I’ve worked in client-facing or supportive roles for most of my career.

When people need help with XYZ, I either fix it for them or show them where to find the answers.

Adopting a mindset of being relentlessly helpful keeps you focused on solving problems for others and helping them win.

You become indispensable and the “go-to guy” for whatever they need.

This is the ultimate litmus test and applies to so many areas of life.

I like how it says “fun” instead of easy or simple. You can have fun even if something is challenging or complicated.

Often we feel the most fun or sense of accomplishment after working hard. Like winning a race or getting in shape or saving money for a vacation.

If it was easy, winning isn’t as much fun.

When you learn to have fun on the journey, while you’re doing the work, the outcome almost becomes irrelevant.

Has anyone ever asked you for advice and then argued with you about it?

Fun times, isn’t it?! (NOT!)

Asking someone for advice and then arguing with them, is saying you’re the expert. So WHY did you ask them for advice in the first place?!

I get it. Asking for help is humbling. Humble pie doesn’t taste very good. We want to have the answers.

But if you ask someone for advice, give them enough respect to:

1. Say “thank you” (Value their advice)
2. Go do it (Follow their advice)
3. Report back (Prove their advice)

That’s it. You don’t get to argue with them.

This means to stop a workout set 2 reps short of what you can do with perfect form.

Stopping short protects your form, prevents injury, and improves your skill at that lift.

Which helps you get stronger and more fit.

Leave your ego at home. Live to lift another day.

QUESTION: What’s some advice that is really sticky for you?

Move your body.
Clear your mind.
Repeat.

Keep up the good work!
-KC

​@KCProcter​ Gym Dad, Coffee Drinker, LEGO collector

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P.S. What's brown and sticky? A stick.

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