June 2021
What’s the best advice your father ever gave you?
Ben Brack
The best advice my pop ever gave me was to smile and don’t fart!
Keating Simons
To be honest and keep your word.
John Hutton
My dad told me at an early age, “You can do anything you want, son. You may be a little dumb for some things, but whatever it is you do, make sure you’re happy. Be happy with it, and don’t let people bring you down. Just make sure that whatever it is you do, do it well.”
James Woosley
The best advice my father ever gave me is move out of the house as quickly as possible.
Matthew Clark
My Pops, John Clark, is skilled with heartfelt and intelligent communication, through his resilience of being half-deaf as a military veteran. He has guided and encouraged me with letter writing in our ongoing mail exchanges. His advice to engage with the book “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” is changing me, as I am learning from this audio book and also using a personal workbook with it. Pop encourages me to develop and practice fundamental disciplines and principles, and I also use these to develop heartfelt communication with my 24 year old son Sebastian. He and I both love Pop’s wisdom!
Melissa Ketchum
Simple advice: “Go out and be of service to your community!” -he demonstrated this through his relentless volunteerism and giving back.
Nora Vivian
“Shit or get off the pot!”
Barbara Hoeppner
“There’s no such word as can’t!”
“You're a Hoeppner - You can do anything!”
“You can do anything you put your mind to!”
Unfortunately, it took me around 60 years to realize what an important thing those mantras played in my life. Fortunately, I was able to thank him for them before he died at age 99.
Dr. Matt
My dad’s best advice is to treat others the way you want to be treated. His other common line he talked to me about when I was a child was, “Happy wife, happy life!”
Melanie Redmond
My dad’s favorite advice was that if it looks like someone is really sad and has a bunch of problems and they’re coming toward you and they’re looking for someone to talk to, to start laughing, because sad people don’t want to talk to happy people.
Jon Zuppan
The best thing my momma ever told me? After months of begging for a drum set and daily reminders of drum solos on the furniture and dishes and even her car, she finally bought me a used mid-80s Ludwig set and some crappy cymbals. "This wasn't cheap," she said, "so you'd better play 'em!"