Grandpa's Rule: Don't Be a Jerk

To paraphrase Trombone Shorty, be careful who you step on while you are climbing your ladder, because you’ll meet them on your way down. We live in an age when more and more it seems that we can seek our fortunes, successes, and opportunities without regard for who we hurt along the way. That’s just wrong.

We don’t need to use others to feel more accomplished in our own lives; the more we take advantage of others, the weaker and more pathetic we are. So, in my most principally, fatherly, Peepaw-ish voice: Don’t. Do. That.