How to Separate the Good Advice From the Bad Listen to the advice that resonates with you, and ignore the rest.

Everywhere you turn, someone's got a pithy piece of advice on how to run your business or live your life. By now you'd think that someone would've done a study to reveal the key tips that anyone needs to remember.

But here's the thing: Just as everyone's lives and businesses are different, so are the succinct power phrases that jump-start their souls.

Take me, for example. While I was growing up, my father dropped this line every time I faced a setback or challenge: "The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step." I hated that phrase; all it did was remind me that life was going to be a long, hellish slog no matter what.