You may know someone who loves giving advice. They are always eager to jump in and offer their 2 cents to try and help you with a problem or decision.
Perhaps, YOU are the person that I’m talking about.
It can be challenging to find creditable people in your life or those on the internet that give useful and relevant advice.
What is fact and what is feeling?
When it comes to implementing advice, you must always look for recent and relevant data. If it’s based on feelings, thoughts, or common sense then it’s worth acknowledging the help but, to seek information from the source instead
The trick is discerning ideas from concepts.
Ideas are those snap thoughts that come to the mind that makes you think it will be useful to someone.
They just, make sense. But, they aren’t really based on hard empirical evidence or personal experience. It is your best guess of what will work at that time.
Concepts are well thought out, tested, and built from knowledge from multiple sources or real feedback from the market.
Look at the person’s character
When taking advice, you should always consider where it is coming from. Look at their character.
A person’s advice or ideas will often be sourced from their worldview, mindset and experiences.
Whether real or virtual, the information they collect shapes the way they see the world and as a result, how they interpret the world around them.
If the person giving you advice is lazy, struggles to execute or take action, and is often skeptical and you’re about to learn new skills, start a business or try to meet new people to date, then there will be a mismatch.
This person’s advice is based on what they think is correct and speculation. Their personal character doesn’t possess the traits that would allow them to get unbiased real-world data or take action to test their theories.
Steer clear of speculation and investigate the facts.
