In the past, every time I’ve taken on a new project or started something new I get lots of advice from people about what I should be doing, what they think about it or what I should be doing instead.
Most of the time that advice is well meaning but completely worthless. Why? Because people talk out of their asses about things they don’t know about.
That advice can come from family or friends trying to be helpful. They’re actually hurting you quite a bit if you listen to them.
I now only take advice from 1 type of person: Those that have already done it and are more successful at it than me.
Depending on the availability of that type of advice (maybe there isn’t any because no one is doing what I’m attempting) then it’s on me to figure it out.
The last thing I should be doing is taking advice from failures. That’s a harsh way to put it but if they’re not a success at it then they’ve failed at it, or possibly failed at it from never doing it so they have nothing of value about it.
I apply this rule towards personal things as well like relationships. I want to talk to the happily married couple of 40 years about what has kept them happy for that time. I’m not going to take advice from my 3-time divorced Uncle.
The worst advice is the “that’ll never work” advice from said failures. Don’t let their limiting beliefs stop you.
Find people more successful than you and model after that success.
That’s my advice to you :).
