Poll: If you could travel back in time to when you started, what is the one tip you would give yourself? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "If you could travel back in time to when you started, what is the one tip you would give yourself?".
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Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 14:44
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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I wouldn't give myself advice, but a reassuring talk: "Don't worry, you will do just fine."
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As much as some may want to, we cannot go back in time. So, it’s a useless waste of time…
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Nikolay Novitskiy 
Russian Federation
Local time: 18:44
Member (2018)
English to Russian
Saving money would definitelly be not an option. But buying gold?.. Yes! That could have been the most wisest tip for myself.
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Gianni Pastore
Italy
Local time: 14:44
Member (2007)
English to Italian
if you want to retire at 45 yo"
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I took into account all of these tips at the time.
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Nikolay Novitskiy wrote:
Saving money would definitelly be not an option. But buying gold?.. Yes! That could have been the most wisest tip for myself.
I think you would have earned more with bitcoins 
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| Ceci n’est pas une tip (evoking René Magritte) | Nov 6 |
Without reducing everything to luck and failing to recognise the importance of merit, I can't help but acknowledge the importance of being in the right place at the right time. In life, a lot happens by chance and a door opens when you least expect it...
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Lieven Malaise
Belgium
Local time: 14:44
Member (2020)
French to Dutch
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida wrote:
Without reducing everything to luck and failing to recognise the importance of merit, I can't help but acknowledge the importance of being in the right place at the right time. In life, a lot happens by chance and a door opens when you least expect it...
This is close to my philosophy of life: with every door that closes a new one opens.
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There is no 'one tip'.
Also, I don't always do the things I know I ought to be doing now, so what chance would I have convincing my past self to be better?
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| Learn to touch type | Nov 7 |
I would have earned a lot more (or had a lot more free time) if I had been able to type with more than about four fingers and without looking at the keyboard.
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Novian Cahyadi
Indonesia
Local time: 20:44
Member (Apr 2024)
English to Indonesian
If I could travel back in time, then shouldn't I be making a buck out of a fortune-telling business? My predictions would always be accurate because I already know what would happen. Politicians and CEOs from all nations would come to me, asking for some advice. They'd all be under my thumb, allowing me to assume control over politics and economy, and even attempt a world domination. And while I'm at it, I might as well establish my own religion.
Just a thought.
[Edited at 2024-11-12 12:40 GMT]
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