when to take other people's advice and when to ignore it ▲

here's a rule of thumb i've had rolling in my head lately:

only take advice from someone who you want to be like.

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i enjoy this idea.

people will dish a lot of advice,

but you gotta ask yourself...

did so-and-so tell me how to handle my dating life?

do i want so-and-so's dating life?

no?

ignore it.

did what's-their-face tell me how to be successful in my career?

do i want to be the same type of professional as what's-their-face?

yes?

then roll with it.

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so whatever it is,

dating, marriage, careering, parenting...

only take advice from someone who you want to be like.

ask yourself,

do i want their life?

do i want to be the same kind of person they are?

if you don't, wrap their words around a grain of salt and let 'em go.

then find people you admire and ask for their advice instead.

what think ye?

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