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On The Futility of Offering Advice
“I feel like your problem is that you’re trying to judge all things in the abstract before you do them. That’s your tragic mistake.”
Cal Newport • So Good They Can't Ignore You
When we let others define the desirable effects we judge our actions by, we become tools of their agenda rather than agents of our own goals. Further, when we don't even realize we've let some other authority choose our desirable effects, we get caught in a frustrating cycle. Effective action may lead to more frustration rather than alleviating it.
Tara McMullin • What Works?
The experts don’t know everything, or even everything about anything. And one thing they know very little about is you. The people who tell you how to live have very little knowledge of who you are and what you’re capable of doing.
Harry Browne • How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
all advice can only be a product of the man who gives it