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> it’s just that he’s doing it in such a vague and generalized way and trying to pass it off as actionable advice that it becomes almost comical. Totally. 1)
by mbesto 7y ago
> it’s just that he’s doing it in such a vague and generalized way and trying to pass it off as actionable advice that it becomes almost comical.
Totally.
1) Vague advice is much easier to sell and elevate ones position (look at Tony Robbins). There's no negatively correlative impact to the advice so its hard to argue if someone is wrong.
2) Providing concrete advice is impossible to "scale" (e.g. books, podcasts, video, etc) as it requires context.
- unlinked_dll 7y ago> Providing concrete advice is impossible to "scale" (e.g. books, podcasts, video, etc) as it requires context. Wouldn't that make it easier to scale, since there's more context you can provide?
- bpt3 7y agoThe context is specific to the recipient of the advice, making it effectively impossible to scale.
- unlinked_dll 7y agothe scale is you're reaching a different audience and can provide different context for the same message on top of a different medium.
- bpt3 7y agoYou're describing the type of impersonal advice that the parent poster said was generally unhelpful for the recipient. Everything you said sounds great for the person selling advice, but not great for the consumer, which was the point of the original comment.