How to Ask for Advice
23 May 2025Want the best advice? Here’s how to get it. Sources are cited at the end of this article:
- Ask only credible people (Ray Dalio: “have done the thing successfully, multiple times, and can articulate how”)
- Consider their incentives (don’t ask a barber whether you need a haircut)
- Ask for frameworks, not answers (never delegate your thinking)
- Make sure you fully understand the advice — ask for examples, repeat the advice back and ask if you got it right
- Backtest the advice: think of times you could have followed it, think of what would have happened
- Once you’ve accepted the advice, take immediate steps to implement it! Surprising how often folks (including me) skip this step — no point in receiving good advice and doing nothing with it
Sources: Thank You!
Source: Richard C. Wilson (CEO of Family Office Club), reposted this on X from Flo Crivello, tech company founder in Silicon Valley, USA.
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How about you? What special tools do you use when seeking advice?