There are so many sources of conflicting advice it is difficult to know who to listen to. Each new piece of advice can be as convincing as the one that came before it. What should you do?
Here another short story.. A close friend was looking for some tires. He called his dad for some information on a certain tire store. Well J ask me for a user name and pass word for the Tire Rack. It's a tire store we use sometime to get some really good prices. I told J to check out Greg's tire. Now I will make this story short.. Steve was looking at the cheapest price. After calling Shore Tire, and a few other stores He found the tire and the price he was looking for. So my advice wasn't so good.. So there you have it.. Here's some guide lines
How do you choose who to listen to?
Do you take the word of
- the most influential,
- the most popular,
- the most convincing,
- the loudest,
- the most confident,
- or maybe what they perceive to be the safest.
As a person who dishes out advice I am as guilty as anyone out there who tries to offer opinions of what you “should” do.
The fact is, at worst people do not have any idea what will work for you, and at best they can only rely on their own experience. Certainly I give you the benefit of what I have learned through my work, but you still have to work out what will work for you.
I am still learning, things still take me by surprise. Many may have heard me say before, I am of the opinion you can learn something from every person you meet. Your job is to not blindly accept what you are told but collate it, cogitate on it and apply it in your own unique way.
Work out the approaches that suit you best, that fit what you are trying to achieve and how. Which stories resonate with you, and enthuse you, separate out those that leave you cold.
