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> That's because advice doesn't solve anything. Action does. > And only you can do that for yourself. Aside from the continuing vacuity, and the rather oxymoro

> That's because advice doesn't solve anything. Action does. > And only you can do that for yourself. Aside from the continuing vacuity, and the rather oxymoronic nature of "Advice doesn't help"-advice, I'm pretty sure that idea is just wrong? Advice is a rather fundamental mechanism of humanity's success. Not just as in "ask a lawyer/doctor", but as something so common we don't even notice. It allows to tap into a vast repertoire of wisdom, and brings the benefit of fresh sets of eyes, with often minimal costs and efforts for either party. I also fear this you-can-do-it attitude is slightly too close to Prosperity Gospel for comfort: Telling people they just have to be more disciplined is bound to fail more often than not, and leaves them with the complete burden of guilt. There's a point of diminishing returns for emotional pain as a motivator. That not only ignores the rather substantial influence of luck, other people's action, and other factors beyond one's control. It also discounts all other personal factors possibly contributing to someone's misfortune. Maybe they just aren't cut out for professional sports/pulitzer price journalism/whatever... Or they have chosen some endeavour that just isn't a good fit for their personality (in terms of social v analytical, outside / inside, action / concentration,...). In such cases, powering through is rather ill-advised unless your stock options are close to vesting.

SllX 8y ago
You’re leading an army off to war, your scouts have just reported back, the first engagement is sooner than you thought it would be and you have to shift tactics. You want advice from your (hopefully) qualifies advisors. You are competing for a woman’s affection, and it is an uphill battle and there are other potentially better qualified suitors but if you could just do one thing to put her over the edge and squarely in your camp, you just might be able to seal the deal. This wouldn’t be the worst time to get some pretty decent advice from a good mate. You want to lose weight. You want to put on muscle. You want to teach yourself to draw. At this point you don’t need advice. All the information you could possibly need is not only out there, but very easy to find. What you need is to take action, and do the thing you claim you want to do. You’ll find that in most respects, you are already eminently qualified to figure out which actions you need to take and in what order. There has never been a better time to be alive than now for finding out the very basics in a readable format for whatever it is you want to accomplish. Some things really are as simple as do or don’t do. That’s not to say everything is, but most things in life are just not very complex once the matter of first principles are essentially solved.
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manigandham 8y ago
I should've been more clear. I added an edit. The point is that advice is not going to physically make anything happen. You can listen to all the advice in the world but it is still upon you to make a move. As for the rest of your comment, I'm not really sure what you're arguing. Life isn't fair, but 90% of success is just showing up. Most people don't.

SllX 8y ago

You’re leading an army off to war, your scouts have just reported back, the first engagement is sooner than you thought it would be and you have to shift tactics. You want advice from your (hopefully) qualifies advisors. You are competing for a woman’s affection, and it is an uphill battle and there are other potentially better qualified suitors but if you could just do one thing to put her over the edge and squarely in your camp, you just might be able to seal the deal. This wouldn’t be the worst time to get some pretty decent advice from a good mate. You want to lose weight. You want to put on muscle. You want to teach yourself to draw. At this point you don’t need advice. All the information you could possibly need is not only out there, but very easy to find. What you need is to take action, and do the thing you claim you want to do. You’ll find that in most respects, you are already eminently qualified to figure out which actions you need to take and in what order. There has never been a better time to be alive than now for finding out the very basics in a readable format for whatever it is you want to accomplish. Some things really are as simple as do or don’t do. That’s not to say everything is, but most things in life are just not very complex once the matter of first principles are essentially solved.

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manigandham 8y ago

I should've been more clear. I added an edit. The point is that advice is not going to physically make anything happen. You can listen to all the advice in the world but it is still upon you to make a move. As for the rest of your comment, I'm not really sure what you're arguing. Life isn't fair, but 90% of success is just showing up. Most people don't.