Do you agree with this statement?

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“I only take advice from people who I’d want my life to be like.” 
One of my friends said this the other day on Facebook. It makes a lot of sense to me, because I feel like you’d get further to where you want to go if you follow people who have already made it. 
Example - asking about relationship advice from someone who appears to be in a happy marriage, as opposed to your single friend. 
On the other hand, I have gotten some pretty good advice from people who aren’t where I want to be, simply because they’ve made mistakes in their life and have learned from them. A divorced man/woman might have a better idea at making a marriage work opposed to a happy married couple because they’ve been there and realized their mistakes. So what do you guys think?

Accepted Answer

I take everyone’s advice with a grain of salt. It’s up to me to discern wether the advice is something that would benefit me. Sometimes my 10 year old nephew has really good advice for people lol

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I think it’s a narrow minded way to approach life.
Someone recently said to me “Everyone has valuable input. The world would look different if people were willing to listen”
I think that’s so true!! I wouldn’t necessarily think to take advice from someone sitting on death row, or a homeless person I pass on the street- but they’ve clearly had life experiences that could be explained to better another person’s life 💁🏼‍♀️
Good advice comes from the most unlikely places anyway, I just try to keep my heart and mind open for those moments!

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No. 
Lots of faking going on.
You ever  see how people can pay to have pictures taken on an airplane seat? 
They get shoots done just to pose on the plane, tag it with something stupid and predictable like “making business moves ✈️” 
They aren’t going anywhere but their Instagram post.

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I’ve learned some pretty significant lessons from some pretty shady people .

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Nope. If its sound advice, I'll give it a closer look no matter the source. If you think about it, the person who was divorced several times knows why their relationships didn't work just as much as the person who appears to be in a happy marriage. And on another note, the person who appears to be in a happy marriage, might just be keeping up with appearances and they might not be happy at all.🤷‍♀️

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I don’t. I think it’s important to gather data from all sources and sort it out based on my own judgement. Learning what to do is equally as important as what not to do.

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Not necessarily.  I'd say it depends on the situation.  Some situations need advice from others who have been there themselves.  Other situations can be solved by a neutral third party, who's not related to the situation but doesn't have an emotional attachment to it.

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I don’t agree because I think every situation can be (or is) different and requires it’s own perspective.  So while that statement may be true for some situations, I don’t think it’s necessarily helpful to blanket all situations under it.

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I’m open to advice from ppl who have fckd up in their own lives. If they’ve been down a particular path of failure they can contribute great knowledge of what NOT to do. Maybe they can’t share what works but they sure as heck can speak on what to avoid and that’s worth discussing I’d think.

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Well... I've had 5 miscarriages so I don't have kids, not by choice, and I have really good advice about kids. I've been a babysitter/nanny since I was 11, have a bachelor's degree in early childhood special education, have worked in 2 preschools and 3 daycares, and have a huge extended family so I have a ton of nieces and nephews. While I don't have kids I know developmental milestones and how to help them learn. I think that statement is very limiting and close-minded

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