lessons that people should learn

There are always lessons that parents should teach children, the obvious ones we learn in Kinder garden, or if you were lucky Pre-School. Small but important lessons such as, keep your hands and feet to yourself, don't take things that don't belong to you.
My mother put me in school really early on, and I was fortunate enough to always have a concerned family member around me to guide little Nancy through early development. My family is huge, I have many aunts and uncles and cousins, and I know my extended family very well. Being from a family that had immigrated to a new country, my family has always taught me to be self-sufficient, try not to rely on too many outsiders and always be prepared. The 1980s in Argentina was very unruly, and I remember stories from my dad about being robbed at gunpoint on the street, these stories and lessons such as saving for a rainy day, or a goal, make the most out of your time, multi-tasking, quality over quantity, never be too good to take a job that's offered, doing your work first so you can enjoy the rest of your time, have been deeply embedded in my personality. It is these lessons that I feel like have really helped me be a good employee at every single job I've ever had, feel secure and prepared for where/whenever I am in life and a general sense of organization and priority.
I would always pick out what I wore to school and pack my backpack the night before so I could sleep in an extra 20 minutes, at work I try to plan my time and take care of projects as soon as possible, so I can have time to take a long lunch or whatever. Little time and money tricks that have helped me get little more out of my time, whether at school or at work or at home.
So when I see an opportunity for more pay>time being abandoned without consideration, it angers me. This is the situation I encountered today at breakfast, like many other people in the country, we participated in black Friday, by buying some much needed hardware for our computers, while exiting the store, a man approached my roommate and I about a job at the census office, that paid $18 an hour. Knowing Joshua's financial troubles, I thought it would be a good opportunity for him to check it out. He furiously refused to even check it out, explaining to me that he couldn't even THINK about working for the census, no matter what pay. His bank account is always so depressing, and he is always complaining about being overworked because he "works" 3 jobs, even though it's 2 jobs max a day. His parents certainly never taught him how to manage his time or ANYTHING concerning finances, and at the age of 33, if he can't learn how to take advantage of an opportunity that could save him time and earn himself more money so he can have MORE time to do the things he wants, what the hell is going to happen at the age of 60.
Another lesson my mom taught me was simply that love is not enough in a marriage. There are so many other things that can happen in a marriage that a marriage solely based on love is sadly doomed for divorce.