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Kit's avatar

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised—Machiavelli

It is only the wisest and the stupidest who cannot change—Confucius

Experience is a hard teacher, but fools will have no other—Benjamin Franklin

As for me, I think we generally hear little advice because people cannot be bothered. Either they don’t give a damn, or the potential downsides aren’t worth it.

Jay Sun's avatar

You certainly need to be in the right frame of mind to take advice from others. Taking advice, which is behavioral change, is rare because behavioral change is rare. It's very hard for people to change. My first article was about this dynamic: https://unabashedobserver.substack.com/p/are-you-in-a-virtuous-or-destructive