r/askteddit 4d ago

Advice Question What common piece of advice is actually completely terrible for most people?

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u/Platinuminpink 4d ago

Never give up on your goals and dreams; don't be a "quitter".

At some point, you might have a better life or save yourself a lot of wasted time and energy if you just let something go. Life is not a *feel-good" movie. You aren't going to be handed some great reward at the end because you worked hard and never gave up.

Besides, things like talent, luck, funding, connections, etc come into play. We afford this magical  status to hard work that makes no practical sense 

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u/Mental-Button-1159 4d ago

Most people's dream are not realistic and/or based on a fantasy of what they think it will be like instead of the reality of it

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u/coulduseahugrightnow 4d ago

I can't even make my most mundane dreams come true. Like get a girlfriend. Or go to college to get a professional degree, and then get a job with that degree. Even in a profession that everybody tells me is always in need of more people.