Intriguing questions...Amazing answers!

This is a compilation of some intriguing questions that have been asked over time by random people and the most amazing responses received.

1)

Q. What skills take less than 5 minutes to learn that everyone should know how to do?

A.                      The military alphabet. Learn it, for the love of God, learn it.

           Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike,                 November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray,              Yankee, Zulu.

        How many times have you heard this when someone is trying to communicate a spelling,               name, number plate, code, etc.

       ‘A! A! I said A! A, as in Amy! Okay. D! D! No, not B! D!’

No good.

‘Alpha, Delta, November, Kilo, Zulu!’

Clear as day.

2)

Q. What one thing do you wish you had known about life when you were in your 20s?

A.  Dear Young Bill,

1. Porn is Ruining Your  Life - So install a porn blocker and give Joey the Password
2. Life isn’t a Romantic Comedy -You aren’t going to marry Carol, stop trying to earn love, if a girl likes you awesome, if they don’t stop wasting your time.
3. Your Parents Are Amazing - Call Them More
4. You’re Not Special - You make yourself special using two tools, discipline and courage.
5. Say No When You Want To - Learn to say no more. That’s how you focus, by saying no to distractions and people.
6. Stop Planning - You have these huge plans for your life. None of these plans get off the ground. Just pick the direction you want your life to go and cultivate skills that are going to make that journey easier.
7. Laugh at Being Jealous - You get jealous a lot, it’s not a big deal. When you do get jealous, say what you’re upset about out loud and start laughing. It will make you feel better and it stops you from taking yourself so seriously.

8. Don’t be Afraid of Being Alone - Time alone isn’t something to run away from it is to be cherished. So work on those novels and screenplays, go to the gym and read books - don’t cry, cultivate skills.

9. Stop Drinking - I know...lame, but when you’re 24 and you quit drinking and you’re able to have even more fun when you go out to party and you save a lot of time not being hungover.

10. Work-Out - In the future you’re really muscular, part of what’s keeping you from going to the gym now is that you think you can’t put on muscle, you can, so start lifting.

11. Listen to Audiobooks When You Drive and Walk - You waste a lot of time listening to the same songs, over and over again. Listen to audiobooks, you’ll learn a lot and sound smarter.

12. Learn the Rules of Life - Look at life as it is not as you wish it to be. 

There are unspoken rules in life, find out what they are and make them work in your favor. This means reading self-development books about relationships, discipline, mastery, economics and body language. Also talk to your Dad more (See #3) or father figure because he’s unbelievably wise and you’re unbelievably foolish.

13. Take One Risk a Day - These risks should be to make you better not worse (This isn’t a license to drive drunk), so email CEO’s and talk to pretty girls, you’d be surprised how much doing stuff like this will impact your life.

14. Love God - Yeah seems lame..but you'd find out in the future it gives you a core about everyother thing you would do in your life

Bill your life turns out great, and you are on a path for success, but if you did these things earlier, you would have enjoyed life more along the way. These things will not only make you more successful, they will make you happier while striving for success.

3)

Q. What is the best lie you have ever told your child?

A.  Best lie I’ve ever told kids? Easy… and I still use it for noisy ones.

Some kids in our old apartment complex were yelling and screaming, playing chase, whatever… I came downstairs and said “So, you kids don’t really care about using up your screams, do you?”

“What?” they asked. curious. So I sat down and told them “Well, in your life time, you *only* get a few hundred screams. If you use them all up as a child, you’ll never ever be able to scream again… not even if a monster was chasing you!”

To their incredulous comments, I said “I learned the hard way… listen!” and opened my mouth, and pantomimed a loud scream. Really threw my heart into it. Not a single sound came out! Their eyes went huge and they all looked rather scared.

“It’s OK, you can scream when you need to… but don’t use them all up.” I cautioned. Ahhhh blissful peace!

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