Will work for shoes. I could never actually work in a shoe store. I would hide all the shoes in my size until I could buy them.
Live the life you imagine. This is awesome advice. If you try your best to become the person you wish you were, someday you'll realize that you're not trying anymore, it's just who you are.
When sweetness fails and tears dont work - nag. If sweetness failed and you had to resort to tears to get what you wanted - you didn't deserve it. Grow up.
Never understimate the power of shoes. Or Bags. Having on a great pair of shoes just lifts your spirits as well as your heels. Everytime you feel a frown coming on and look down, you see your pretty shoes and your smile comes back.
And your cry-baby whiny-assed opinion would be? Like one of my favourite sayings: Buck up and be a man, boy!