Sometimes good advice isn’t good for you.
I criticize advice from super-achievers that won’t work for normal people. Advice that assumes you have infinite willpower, time, energy, confidence, skill, etc.
If advice is impossible for normal people to follow, that’s not a problem with normal people. It’s the advice that’s bad.
But what about good advice?
Advice that takes into account human limitations, and explains strategies for how to best achieve your goals given that you are a flawed human?
There can still be times when this generally good advice isn’t good for you.
Every Individual is Different
Humans are all individuals. We’re all different. We all have our foibles, and unique quirks.
The problem with one-size-fits-all advice is that there are seven billion incredibly complex individuals who are all unique in incredibly complicated ways.
There could be strategies for improving your life that work quite well for most people.… Read more