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But, I will happily seek advice from the inverse of each of these.
Not taking financial advice from someone who is fiat-rich.
lol well I got one! I am happy! listen to me!
Cautionary tales, though. Sometimes people that have made mistakes have great wisdom to share.
You're right about degrees. I do not trust doctors.
I do not trust financial advisors.
They both have proved to be wrong about many things.
butBUTT experts*/*ya}<lOlz> 😆
@Ben Justman🍷 with bangers today. Also don’t take marriage advice from me. I’m pretty solid on all the other bullet points. 🤣
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You can ask me about three out of four. 😂
Almost got it all!
Well said.
I'll take "don't do this" advice from people who learned from failure
Most important starting point
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Yes
Knowing the game and not growing to 6'5" 300 lbs is a pretty niche exception
You're right tho
Agreed but this also reminds me of the time Milton Friedman said “are you going to say that you don’t want a doctor to treat you for cancer because he himself has not had cancer”
Source:
View quoted note →Actually for 46 years old I am also healthy. Fit and hard working so I do have two of four. What about yourself?
watch the video the context is identical
In that niche case, the framing is that I don't want a doctor with cancer to treat me for cancer
3 and am working hard on the 4th, but love takes time
So you are unwilling to learn from other people's mistakes?
Marriage advice from someone who is divorced and happily remarried is probably the best advice you can get.
Marriage advice from someone who’s been divorced multiple times… dicey
I'll take "don't do this" advice from someone who has failed
Great nuance and something I was thinking about after
Generals ain’t the best combat soldiers, etc. Knowledge and Practice/application are two different things that are not invalidated when not accompanied by the other.
Intellectuals/academics historically play an important role in society (provided that they’re not captured) but aren’t necessarily “doers”. Society needs both to function optimally. It’s good to be proud of work but work isn’t everything. Strategy and design optimize workers and make them more efficient
you have no authority over me
View quoted note →Would you take coaching advice from Bill Billicheck or Pete Carroll since they were not successful early in their careers?
I agree with the financial advice.
Disagree with the marital advice, without knowing the context of their failed relationship.
That's okay this list is mine
You can make your own
Why not ?
They may tell what NOT to do
Everyone can be a teacher
Choose the advise that works for you
View quoted note →I figured you posted a note to engage in conversation. I apologize for that take.
I did and then got busy and tired of all the what about isms on niche examples that miss the broader point of the post.
Unless it’s cautionary “yeah really don’t do X, messed me up real bad” kind of advice
The smartest lessons come from others’ mistakes.
Facts
Another good rule of thumb
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Bur some might have learned a lot from a divorce. 😜
Good point. I like that approach shared widely by Ray Dalio - trust believable people. Ray Defines such people as someone who achieved success in certain area couple of times (I.e. 3) and - more importantly - can describe why it happened .
@Ben Justman🍷 you did not post from whom you do take an advice?
"don't do this advice" is an exception
I posted this as a general rule of thumb for the no's
My general rule of them for the yes is to only take advice from people who have what I want in that specific domain.
If someone is more healthy than me, I'll look to take their advice on health.
If someone is richer than me, I'll look to take their advice on finance.
If someone has a happy marriage, I'll look to take their advice on marriage.
If someone seems happier than me I'll look to take their advice on life.
Quite straight forward, I like it.
Of course that is oversimplification and in reality people may be lucky in some areas and not know why things happen exactly…
Still good rule of thumb.
In that theme the
@Ben Justman🍷 what would be your advice to me. You use Nostr for a long while. I craved to find people that value freedom for a long while. I recently joined Nostr. Any advice ?
That's all it is is a rule of thumb
Helps when you're on the fence about something someone said
Live in the comments section to meet people and connect. There is no good discovery mechanism here and only a few accounts wouldn't kill for a few extra notifications or a similar connection
take financial advice from a banker
take health advice from pfizer
Take merriage advice.. kidding it is an affordable
Take life advice from a DJ 😂
