What important lesson have you learned from life???

(Probably my last "Best Response" on MyLot.com before I left.

Reproduced without permission, but as it has been slightly amended and as I am the author ...).

Lesson 1 - when you do your job really well and you get things done more quickly and more accurately than anyone else, do not expect to be rewarded for your efforts, and actually expect to be shown the door more quickly as they will run out of things for you to do.

Lesson 2 - never come up with better ideas than your boss, it only makes him look bad (doesn't apply so often to female bosses incidentally, at least in my experience - maybe because it is often difficult to come up with better ideas than a female boss).

Lesson 3 - if you believe in spending sensibly and saving for the future, don't expect to gain any respect for doing so.

Lesson 4 - always remember, the smart talking salesman who can make a dreadful product sound good will always do better than an expert technician who sticks to the facts and gets his job done properly.

Lesson 5 - always remember your spouse (wife in my case) always knows more about everything than you do.

Lesson 6 (in the "it goes without saying category") - never trust politicians to tell you the truth. Life will never improve and they will probably make things even worse.

For the record, I am quite an old man now, and all the above is based upon experience.