not following any advice
one of the practice essays in kaplan’s SAT prep book is about advice… i forget now what the exact prompt is, but i think students generally write about whether following others’ advice is beneficial or not. most students will take the position that following someone’s advice is good.
BUT what if… u didn’t listen to anyone’s advice? i can think of so many examples of when following someone’s advice has worked out, but i’m sure there are some instances where listening to someone else’s advice has backfired… i just can’t think if any off the top of my head. i wonder what percentage is more, if it’s 50/50 or more skewed. because in some sense, i think following others’ advice should have a higher success rate because the other person should have an objective view of the situation and often times, you seek advice from a wide variety of people, who pull from a wealth of experience… so really, following advice is more like picking the best options from a number of alternatives whereas when you try to do things on your, you have a limited number of alternatives.
so i’m going to try to experiment for the next couple of weeks. from now on, i’m going to try to not take anyone’s advice. i’m not going to listen to anyone and i’m just going to do whatever i want. now the problem with this is the fuzzy in-between. if i’m about to do something and someone suggests something related to that… i shouldn’t not (sorry, double negative) do what they suggested simply because they suggested it… but then, if i do end up doing what they suggested, does that count as taking their advice? hrmm… not sure what to do about that just yet…
