If I Could Tell You Just One Thing...: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice

by Richard Reed

‘I’ve come to believe that one of the most important things is to see people. The person who opens the door for you, the person who pours your coffee. Acknowledge them. Show them respect. The traditional greeting of the Zulu people of South Africa is “Sawubona”. It means “I see you”. I try and do that.’

You have to take the unknown journey to where nobody has ever been,

every disaster, or seeming disaster, in life can usually be turned around and something creative can emerge from it.

‘The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your relationships.

The trick is to love them, not to possess them.’

‘ALL THE ANSWERS THAT WE WANT ARE WITHIN US. LIVE YOUR OWN LIFE. WALK YOUR OWN PATH.’

Nothing in life is wasted. You can make something positive from anything.’

‘No matter how bad it is, no situation is ever greater than you. You always have three options: you can change the situation, accept the situation or change your mindset on how you see the situation.

Never allow something else or someone’s opinion to become the title

the rewards in life go to the dogged, the determined, those who can keep going and pick themselves back up and never say die and just hang in there, sometimes quietly and undramatically.’

‘IT IS NOT THE MOST MASCULINE, MACHO, OR THE ONES WITH THE BIGGEST MUSCLES WHO WIN. IT’S THOSE WHO LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER, WHO REMAIN CHEERFUL IN ADVERSITY, WHO ARE KIND AND PERSISTENT AND POSITIVE.

‘Whatever you do, do it with intent.

‘To always have hope against hope.

‘Make always the best from what you have, no matter how little it is.’

you can’t be happier than happy.’

‘ANY VOICE YOU HAVE IN THIS

WORLD, YOU HAVE TO USE IT.

sometimes you’re better off to just bite your tongue and move on.’