What�s the last piece of good advice you received?

Good advice can be hard to take. The other day I was at the grocery store�in a big hurry, see�and I noticed the loudspeaker announcing something about a car in the parking lot. I ignored the announcement like I ignore everything that doesn�t immediately have to do with me. But when I inadvertently heard the words "silver Audi," I got to thinking�hey, I have a silver Audi. Then came the clincher�"Colorado plates." My brain labored in slow motion to fathom the odds of such a coincidence. Was there someone else who�d also recently moved from the Rockies and had been equally irresponsible to the DMV about getting new California plates? No, there was really no denying it: I was the culprit. All right. Drop the mustard. Walk out quickly�but not so quickly that people know you�re the idiot.

When I got outside, I found that my car had rolled backward and was now blocking one of the driving lanes in the lot. There she sat, gleaming in the bright sunshine, with a little crowd of puzzled Albertson�s employees forming on one side. I guess I�d forgotten to put my parking brake on. "I guess you forgot to put your parking brake on," said an observant member of the crowd. And that�s when an immaculately tanned woman in her forties bestowed on me the earth-shattering advice that could�ve prevented the whole tragic incident: "You should be more careful," she said. "You could�ve really hurt someone."

I am trying to be more careful, but there�s still a lot more good advice out there to be had. Hear it from the mouths of the pros.�J.S.

Peter Line
Age: 26
Sponsors: Forum, Foursquare, Electric

"When I was a child in school, I asked my teacher, �What should I try? Should I paint pictures? Should I sing songs?� This was her reply��Que ser�, ser�, whatever will be, will be. The future�s not ours to see. Que ser�, ser�.�"

Tina Dixon
Age: 25
Sponsors: Sessions, Smith, Blindside

"The best piece of advice I�ve ever gotten was that everyone goes through similar experiences in their snowboarding careers. Like with injuries�everyone gets injured and has that downtime. Everyone has that time when they�re excelling and doing well, and there�s never a set order of what comes when. Especially when you�re going through difficult times with injuries, you�ve got to remember that you�re not the only one this has ever happened to. And your career is long-term; snowboarding is a long-term thing."

Keir Dillon
Age: 23
Sponsors: Burton, Electric, Gravis, Sobe

"�Great spirits have always encountered violent oppositions from mediocre minds.��Albert Einstein, given to me by Sue Izzo."

Matt Hammer
Age: 21
Sponsors: Supernatural, ThirtyTwo, Etnies, St�ssy, Dragon, Clive, Active Ride Shop, GMC

"�Therefore be clear-minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling � If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides.� This came from the Bible�[1 Peter 4:7-9, 11]."

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