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weezus on April 17, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to work an 8-hour day

"Don't waste time" -- good luck with that one! Might as well rewrite this how-to as "just do it, you lazy bums!"

"How to make a million dollars: 1. Work diligently at something that will make you a million dollars. 2. Just buy a winning lottery ticket."

Admonishments regarding discipline are fairly useless without instruction on how to go about doing so, which is obviously needed if you have to advise someone to be disciplined -- if they already knew how to do it they wouldn't need your how-to.

yters on April 17, 2008 [–]

"Do the Right Thing."

"Be smart, not dumb."

I think I've just solved the world's problems.

dill_day on April 18, 2008 | [–]

My professor just offered us this piece of advice as we prepare for the final:

When in doubt, put down the right answer.

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