No, I'm not implying that. I'm saying that you do not need to heed to advice if you do not wish to become better, for whatever definition of better or 'getting

No, I'm not implying that. I'm saying that you do not need to heed to advice if you do not wish to become better, for whatever definition of better or 'getting ahead' you use. Saying that you don't want to get ahead is like a null statement. It doesn't add anything and is quite irrelevant to this discussion. It's like saying, "but I don't care; I'll do my own thing". You can say that for anything.