Dad-isms: Celebrating Father’s Day with CFO Simplified

Author: Larry Chester, President

Every family has their own set of dad-isms.  Some are passed on for generations.  Some we will never really know the original source of, but nonetheless, life wouldn’t be the same without them.

A few of ours include:

• If you have one car in your family and you put 15,000 miles on it, when you buy a second car, you will put 15,000 miles on each of them.
• The Chester Law of Family Finance – Your expenses rise to equal what your income is going to be next year.
• Never ask anyone to co-sign your loans, and never co-sign anyone else’s loan.

But, the one that always comes to mind as a piece of advice I value from my father is….

Learn as much as you can in as many different subjects as you can because the job you’re going to have in 20 years doesn’t exist today.

In that spirit, we reached out to our team and our friends on the interweb to ask for their favorite Fatherly Advice.  Whether it was from their father or someone as important they came through with some excellent dad-isms.

Dad-isms from the CFO Simplified Team

Sweep in front of your own door until it’s clean there.
-Nancy Russell | Reception Manager at Twin Orchard Country Club

Where you hear of a lot of cherries, bring a small bowl.
-Stacey Kalamaras |Trademark | Copyright | Advertising Attorney

Your results will reflect the time and effort you spend on the matter at hand.
– Gary Rubin | CFO Simplified

Whatever you do give 100% – unless you’re donating blood!
– Sel Bayhack | CFO Simplified

Treat people the way you want to be treated.
-Aimee Kuelling | CFO Simplified

If you haven’t had a major failure by the time you’re thirty, you’re not really trying.

Larry Chester | CFO Simplified

Be a Turtle.  If you don’t stick your neck out, you won’t be able to go anywhere.

Live below your means.  -Tanya Osensky | Legal Advisor to Great Companies

A closed mouth gathers no feet.
-John McLeod, MBA, CSL | Founder of Sales Growth Solutions, LLC

Never Ask Someone to Do Something You Wouldn’t Do Yourself.

If you didn’t see your favorite Fatherly Advice, please take a moment to find CFO Simplified on LinkedIn or Facebook to connect with our page(s) add yours to our posts on LinkedIn and Facebook.  We will use the quotes with the images as social media posts for the remainder of the month.