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How To Bob Ross Your Way To Success

What the chillest dude can teach you about life

Margot Q
4 min readNov 19, 2019
Bob Ross — Supplied

Who doesn’t love Bob Ross? The permed man of our dreams, putting people to sleep since 1983. Whether you're here for him or not, his chill persona was mesmerising. Apparently he wasn’t the most chill in real life, but nobody is. I don’t care, Bob Ross is my dad, and he’s your dad too.

Dad Ross had a tonne of idioms that make him all the more charming and lovable, and as far as fatherly advice go — they’re spot on. Here’s 20 lessons we can learn from the jewels of Bob Ross that guarantee a 70% increase in profit margin for the 2020 financial year.

Happy accidents

Sometimes things go balls up and that’s fine. My daughter was the happiest of accidents, as was me accidentally forwarding an unsavoury email to a CEO. One door shuts another opens etc. Be open to the gifts of the universe.

That’ll be our little secret

Being trustworthy will get you far. If you burn bridges everywhere you go through dishonesty, dishing on others, or insider trading — then you’re gonna get stung.

You know me, I gotta put in a big tree

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Margot Q
Margot Q

Written by Margot Q

Writer from Aotearoa New Zealand. Studying MA & MEd. Custodian of nearly $100k in student loans. www.margotq.com

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