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Originally Posted by Patagonia
Basic question. You like the advice coming from a certain person, but when you stand back & look at the situation you realize that this person cannot take their own advice.
So is it good advice?
The track record of the advice I’ve been given from this person I have to say, has been pretty good. Difficult to take & use which is frustrating, but looking back, it’s been pretty good.
But if I really look at this person, they don’t take any of their own advice for themselves.
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You say the advice was difficult to use so maybe it was the same thing for the person who gave it. Also, it takes time to make changes.
It has always been much easier for me to follow advice from people who are kind and moral from my POV (I suppose morals differ depending on what you value.) In high school, college, the Air Force, etc. many times when there were friends, coworkers, supervisors, etc. whom I admired, I tried to adopt some of their practices and began believing in some of their POVs. They were all the types of people who tried to help others. If the person was a person I admired in some way, I could take the advice even if they were not practicing it. Perhaps they are also trying to follow their own advice but it is a lofty goal?