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When should you follow someone's advice?


Everywhere we look — from parents to friends, from the politicians on TV to the adverts on our phones — it seems that someone is trying to give us advice.

But even the most well-meaning advice might not be that helpful. And some advice isn't well-meaning at all. Often people will make it seem like they're offering good advice, but they're really just trying to persuade us to do something that benefits them.

Of course, some advice is priceless: the right suggestion at the right moment could change your life in wonderful ways. But how can we tell which advice to follow, and which to ignore?

Whenever someone tries to give me advice, I look at it through three lenses:

  • Relevance
    • Does the advice relate to something you really want or need to do? And if so, how much does the advice help you do it?
  • Reward
    • How — and how much — does the source of the advice stand to benefit if you follow it?
  • Reliability
    • Can you trust the advice? To what degree is it grounded in the source's own expertise, real-world experience, and solid evidence?

Examples

Here are some examples of this in practice... TBC

  • #task Examples for advice page. #p/ffw