Like, a phrase that captures a life lesson that you’ve learned. Something that condenses the experience down into a phrase that you can use as a reminder, or maybe something you’ve shared with other people to help them.
For me, I’ve learned that you never realize that you’re living in happier times until they’re behind you.
What are some of yours?
I’ll give you the context: so I had to drive around to client sites and do some work but traffic was always bad so I was late often. I felt bad for being late so I would always apologize. Clients would then remark to my boss about the techs being late so she told me to never apologizing for being late and then people won’t remember you being late. I generally find that people would rather you get started immediately than hear an excuse. I do still apologize for being late if I’m more than a little late but I do it later when they aren’t as impatient.
