Not sure where to post this, but I've been thinking about advice I'd been given over the years that I'm glad I ignored. Not saying I've made all the right choices over 6 decades, but it's instructive looking back, so here goes:
1. Don't go to college, just get a job at Sears because they have a good pension.
2. Buy a Yugo.
3. Just lease a car, never buy one.
4. Don't have just one child, they'll be spoiled.
5. Never take money out of your 401(k). I took $10,000 out in the 1990s to purchase my primary home, and have used the equity in this home several times including in 2011 when I bought a small rental house. It's been my best financial decision and is a big part of my net worth.
Anyway, that's the big 5 that I can think of. Anyone else?