I use McIntyre's Law when both giving and receiving advice: "Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong." The other habit I've developed

I use McIntyre's Law when both giving and receiving advice: "Under the right circumstances, anything I tell you could be wrong." The other habit I've developed is, instead of asking "How can I do X?", I look for someone who seems to be successful at X and ask "How do you do X?" or more specifically, "How did you do X in this specific situation?"