When you hear advice and you think it’s not specifically relevant to your own situation, do you react violently? Do you pull a Hulk and yell, “THERE’S NO WAY THIS ADVICE APPLIES TO ME,” and then you stomp off? Well, good luck finding someone who will spoon-feed you the exact advice you need.
by owenbooth
A good principle instead is to ask yourself, “What CAN I glean from this advice? How can I sift through it and apply it to my life?”
Even U.S. presidents don’t need to agree with someone 100% to get something done: “The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor.”
[...] authority). As the doctor, you ask the right questions, ignore tangential and useless information, sift through the information you’re given for the most important info, and even engage the friends and family that the patient brought [...]