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Keep Your Own Counsel

Keep your own counsel in life. Don’t take advice from people who haven’t been where you want to go. Many people may know about things they’ve never actually done—but until they’ve walked that path themselves, they won’t overstand the thousand tiny steps hidden from the outside. If someone has only learned but never demonstrated the ability, they aren’t the right person to ask for guidance. True knowledge comes from experience. Hearing someone’s experience, step-by-step, is powerful because they can tell you which steps to take and which to skip. They know which actions paid off and which drained resources without results.

"Be smart enough to ask for advice, but be wise enough to know who to seek it from."

Trust yourself. You know what is best for you. Except for your mentors, you shouldn’t be taking anyone else’s opinions into account when making your big moves in the Game of Life. If they haven’t been where you’re going, their advice isn’t relevant. This is a common pitfall—allowing advice from everyone who hasn’t done what you’re doing will only steer you off course, cost you time, or set you back. It’s rarely with ill intent; they simply don’t walk the same path, so they don’t share the same vision.

There are two types of people in life: those who are willing to go for it all and those who will never get up and try. If they tried, they, too, would make it. Because they didn’t do it themselves, they will project onto you that something is not possible. For them, it isn’t. For you, it is! When you choose it for yourself, you get it for yourself.

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