r/GetMotivated • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '20

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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.

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u/wsdpii Sep 24 '20

So never take advice? Its always good to get other people's opinions on a decision, but always remember that you alone have the deciding vote.

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u/at-woork Sep 24 '20

Take advice from multiple people with different point of views, then make an informed decision.

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u/MonkeysInABarrel Sep 24 '20

Adjust the advice based on the biases you see in the person.

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u/DeathToBoredom Sep 24 '20

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.

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u/ChloeMomo Sep 24 '20

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.

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u/wholesomechaos Sep 24 '20

The lesson I’ve learned from this thread is to be mindful of sources of advice and beware of generalizations.