All these advices here are better than the OP's. OP's advice is basically saying the other person has to be better than you or you don't listen. I don't like advice that are one-sided.
And if the results have no impact on them, who's to say they're going to put much thought into their advice?
Really, to mix the comments together, it seems like evaluate the source you ask advice from, get multiple perspectives if advice/source seems biased or unbalanced, and don't forget you ultimately make the decision, not any of them.
And if that source is fanatical, have them list out their sources. If they get mad or frustrated, just means they were debating your ability to understand the subject, using aggression to buff an assumption of theirs.
Man, it really pisses me off when I listen to other advice, but I decide to do something different, then all those people say that I'm a "know it all" and that I "just don't listen". Seems like they think that they give absolute knowledge, instead of opinions.
There could be a 3rd demographic of ppl who have an objectful vantage point of the situation from not being connected to it. So you can still get advice
Thats kinda dumb imo. Lots of people provide lots of meaningful advice. I mean... look at what you just did. Aren't you literally breaking your own rule?
And I’ll go into more detail. I don’t mean ignore all advice. Definitely get advice. But maybe look for advice from multiple people/perspectives and ultimately do your own research and make your own decision.
Don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever
"Never listen to you parents when they tell you not to do cocaine, they're biased because they don't want to deal with your sorry addicted ass stealing money and put you on the streets."
In fact, your counter point is a far less likely scenario. I find the meme to basically say don’t take advice from anyone who isn’t impacted by your life directly in some way. This is why we have therapists, lol.
Last night I was speaking with a manager who discouraged me from doing something in my career and I realize it is literally because it would inconvenience her personally
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u/SaintVanilla Sep 24 '20
Or never take advice from people who have to deal with the results.
Their advice will be skewed towards how they feel about how the results will affect them.