Unsolicited Free Advice

If you’re human, chances are you have asked someone for advice. You can tailor what you ask based on who they are and what they know.  You can find others willing to mentor you in most cases.

But what happens when you get free advice from people who know absolutely nothing about your situation and the problem you are having?  What about people who tell you what you want to hear and not like it is?

You have to find a way to discern the truth for your own best self interest.  You may need to research things a little on your own.

Simply because someone decides it’s so, doesn’t make it so.  Also what works for them may not work for you.

Countless times I have had people want time to say something that I know isn’t so in this or that occurrence.  They, of course, end up learning the hard way (most of the time).

I think listening to others and their advice can be a good thing if you look at the content and circumstances to which the advice is offered.  If they’ve never done something, etc than you are taking a risk listening to them in the first place.

The truth is, you should trust yourself and your own instincts and your ability to filter out the good advice from the bad.  Take heart, you are not in whatever you are in alone - but take heed because not all advice is meant to be followed!