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Episode 3553:
Good advice isn’t one-size-fits-all, yet we often forget this when seeking guidance. Colin Wright challenges the idea of universal advice, emphasizing that personal context, skills, experiences, and circumstances, plays a crucial role in what actually works. Instead of following a rigid formula, he suggests focusing on adaptable principles that align with individual strengths and realities.
Read along with the original article(s) here: https://exilelifestyle.com/the-relativism-of-advice/
Quotes to ponder:
"This advice is applicable to me, the author/blogger/columnist. If you are exactly like me in every way, this will probably work pretty well for you. Otherwise, results will vary."
"Definitive advice is often faulty from the outset. Not because the people divvying it out are scam-artists, not because the people receiving the advice are no-talent dreamers, but because the conversation the two are having isn’t the one they should be having."
"The world is full of advice, and much of it is useful in the right hands, but also essentially worthless to most people."
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