A savvy country gentleman gave me a piece of advice that worked wonders for me. Early in my career I was in a breakfast restaurant sitting alone in a booth working on the second of my two breakfast tacos. The place was crowded and this big, gray haired guy comes up to my booth and says, “Mind if we share the booth?” I nodded. Ten minutes later we knew each other’s names and were talking. I should say I was doing most of the talking and he was doing most of the listening. I kept talking while he drank his coffee and ate. When I was talked out, he jabbed his fork at me and said, “Ray, I’ll give you two pieces of advice after all of your complaining. First, suck it up and stop complaining. Second, wish in one hand and poop (he didn’t use the word poop) in the other. See which one you get first.” I stared at him and then broke into a large grin. I said, “Sam, I needed that.” From that moment on I did a lot less complaining and lot more work. It was the prescription I needed.