Challenge 3: Don't talk but do

3. What is the beast advice you ever received? Why? And did you follow it? (University of Pennsylvania)

“Just shut up for once” was what my sister told me three years ago while I was trying to explain to my mother how hard it is for me to keep my grades up. That time I think of it as my sister being jealous of my grades so kept going on and on about it. I could not realize at that time that my sister meant something deeper than just for me to keep my mouth shut.  

  Talking, more like complaining waste time. The more you go on about something, the more time you waste. The time that could have been spend studying, working, and most importantly sleeping. If I did not waste time telling my mom about my hardship for keeping up my grades, I might have put more effort into studying for the next test. Which then would results in better overall grade and therefore, no complaints to my mom about it.

I wasted time talking and not doing. That was my sister main message to me. Some people around the world, especially politicians, waste time talking, complaining; but they never think that if they have kept their mouth shut, they might actually achieve greater things than other people’s pities.

Sometimes, just like my sister said, try to “shut up for once” and see what you can do.