Comments on: Why Mom Was Right About Success

By: arlene

arlene — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:53:30 +0000

wow! such a brilliant post you got here. now that i am a mom too, i would always smile when my son says that i know everything! (mind you, he’s only 12^-^)

By: Karen Putz / DeafMom

Karen Putz / DeafMom — Tue, 20 May 2008 05:15:05 +0000

Love this post-- what a wise mom you have!

Mine always said, "People are either going to like you or they won't, so be yourself."

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:31:58 +0000

@Tim, the great thing about kids is that they are generally too self-focused to ever pick up on things like this. Hope it keeps working for you!

@Nicole, my mom too! Which is why I have a small collection of cool hooked rugs and a bunch of really unflattering sweaters. Sometimes it works, sometimes no.

@Leo, I love hearing that, thanks for taking the time to let me know.

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:09:47 +0000

A really good post, I enjoyed it made my day a little bit nicer. Thanks.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:15:14 +0000

My mom always said: “Pff! I can make that!” and taught me how to do things myself, from making earrings to reupholstering furniture.

By: Timothy Coote

Timothy Coote — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:10:02 +0000

I send my kids to clean their rooms a lot. The translation of this is -

"leave me alone for five minutes so I can at least pretend I am an adult with adult concerns and if I get the time I may even try to feel up your mother, and while your out of the room you might as well do something useful".

I hope they don't catch on.

By: James Hipkin

James Hipkin — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:18:25 +0000

From my Dad, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will do."

I find myself using this frequently to remind clients and staff, especially the younger ones, that understanding the objective is important to achieving success.

By: QuietRebelWriter

QuietRebelWriter — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:33:44 +0000

Terrific stuff. My mom always said, “just tell him/her/them.” If I was having a problem with someone, and bitching to her about it, she always retorted with that simple (yet terrifying) solution. When it comes to freelancing and careers, it makes just as much sense and scares just as much of the bejeesus out of me. But when I have a problem with a client, or I’m struggling with a project, the direct approach is always the best. Geez, Mom, you were right. Urgh.

By: Sonia Simone

Sonia Simone — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:12:05 +0000

Now that I have a kid myself, I realize that moms are very in touch with what completely miraculous beings these small people are (plus we have a little perspective on the dramas that seem so dire when we were young). So we’re telling our kids, “you are a miracle! Don’t be anyone else–who you are is amazing!” But from the kid POV, that’s hard to see when your best friend won’t talk to you because you like the “wrong” musical group, or wear the “wrong” shoes.

It would be so cool if we lived long enough to really take advantage of what we learn. (Or, in Shaw’s great quote, youth is wasted on the young.)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Being myself. Thats the one that gets me. I have struggled with who I am for years. Now as I get older I have to just accept the fact. That what you see is what you get. That will be ok for some. Not so much, for others.