Wise advice is always worth following

Even if it makes you feel stupid or weak, even if it rubs you the wrong way, wise advice is wise, and following it will only make you wiser.

The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces. (Proverbs 10:8)

Have you ever had to use advice you didn’t want?

That’s probably a really stubborn way to think about it, but that’s how I’m wired. Sometimes I get wise advice from people I trust, people I admire, people I care about—and still the last thing I want to do is …