What advice did you receive as a child that has stayed with you?
Gavin Haines
created: Feb. 26, 2026, 4:55 p.m. | updated: March 10, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
But some wisdom does get passed on.
We want to hear the nuggets of advice that have guided you“If you want to be a good writer, son, you must read.
Read, read, read.
Read everything.”I can still picture my grandfather imparting those words of wisdom to me from the green leather chair in my grandparents’ living room.
He was not always a man to heed advice himself – he was smoking a cigar at the time – but he had plenty to offer.
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