{"id":629,"date":"2012-06-22T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/?p=629"},"modified":"2012-06-22T10:21:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T15:21:35","slug":"waiting-knighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/waiting-knighted\/","title":{"rendered":"Waiting to be Knighted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">\u00a0One of the most consistent comments I hear people mention is that they are not qualified to give advice to others, especially if the recipient of that advice has achieved notable success.\u00a0While there are professions which require licensing those offering advice (financial planning, insurance, medical, etc.), most areas of life require no such licensing or anointing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Knighting\" src=\"https:\/\/ui.constantcontact.com\/rnavmap\/tip\/dispatcher?origImg=http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/gfx\/images\/arts\/photos\/2010\/06\/02\/stewart-knighted-8783427.jpg\" alt=\"Knighting\" width=\"180\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Since great ideas really don&#8217;t care where they come from, think about what you do insanely well.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Are your co-workers telling you how much fun you are?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Do others ask you what you do to stay in great shape?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Are you great at planning events?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">-Are you an awesome parent or spouse?<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I love it when I hear of someone writing their life story to be passed on to their children. 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