Have you ever found looking for posts or interviews where people discuss things they have learned?

Chances are you have.  While these posts are good, they miss out on a lot of the knowledge offered up by every day people who don't share their thoughts in blog format with the rest of the world. 

Although we think we know a lot, we often learn a number of things from others around us in our immediate life.  Here are a few interesting things I have learned from people in my life.

Lessons from millionaire mentors

1. If you want to be rich, you only have to work half a day every day of your life.  Whether it is the first or the second twelve hours is up to you.
2. Life is like a shit sandwich.  The more bread you have, the less shit you have to deal with.
3. I bought a $90,000 Saab Turbo and sold it two years later for $40,000.  I keep the key ring as a reminder that cars are a waste of money.
4. Watch one, do one, teach one.  This is the best way to truly learn something.
5. Promise me you won't be doing this when you're 50 (labouring as a builder / concreter / etc.).
6. If you put yourself in high risk ventures (i.e. startups, angel investments, etc.), put any profits in low risk (i.e. cash).
7. Keep a low burn lifestyle.  Invest in yourself and small businesses.  Avoid everything else.
8. Rent don't buy while you're young.  You never know when you may want to travel or will need to for work / your business. Plus, you'll save more.
9. Do what you love.
10. Set long-term goals.
11. Common sense is really not that common.
12. Save a minimum of 10% of everything you earn for investing.  It will make you rich.
13. Read the Richest Man In Babylon (recommended to me by 4-5 millionaires... but had read it prior to any of their recommendations).
14. Don't let an accountant make your investing decisions.  Make them yourself.
15. A clean site is a happy site (in regards to building - but applicable to mental clarity also).
16. Only focus on working in one or two ventures at a time.  Focus, don't diversify.

Lessons from friends and family

1. Just save first and don't worry about the money.  Sometimes after I pay the bills and save I only have enough to buy minimal food, a pack of smokes and petrol.  I just put up with it... it's only until the next pay day... and I always seem to make it through okay.
2. Party like a rockstar.
3. Everything is perception (the last two were mentioned after I told a friend a key thing I learned at uni was that "perception is reality").
4. Kettelbells will make you ripped.
5. Sometimes its good to take things as they come.
6. Always pay cash for everything. Avoid debt like the plague.
7. Fashion and dress-sense makes a world of difference in people's perceptions of you.
8. From observation: Remember the stories from your own life.  They are what make you interesting.
9. From observation: There are two ways out of a job you don't like - working upwards or finding a new job.  Most friends do the latter, but the former is the bestway to advance your career, opportunities for happiness long-term and your income.

There are a lot more but these are first ones that come to mind.  Everyone has a similar situation and has learned something from people in their lives.  What are the key lessons you have learned from the real people in your life?