There are people in our lives and strangers we talk to for a hot five minutes who are willing to help us, says Don’t Worry, Make Money and Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff author Richard Carlson. Carlson believed that many people are unwilling to take another person’s advice—no matter how sincerely helpful and competent the advice giver is. According to Carlson most people suffer from stubbornness, they won’t listen to others—and absolutely refuse to take advice.

What’s the big deal? Why lose time and throw away valuable shortcuts by refusing what other people are freely offering. It’s true, the world is bursting with people bringing riches to your door, in the form of good advice. So what do you do? Take the advice and run with it or shut down and figuratively slam the door in the advice-giver’s face?

Carlson’s hint is to  do yourself a favor, show some humility and take the advice. The next time someone gives you a piece of advice and your impulse is not to take it—stop and consider whether the advice is what you need or not. If the advice is good, be sure you tell the person so. 

Something that looks like a mountain to you may be a small hill to someone else. Richard Carlson died n 2006. You can still purchase his books. See Richard Carlson This link will take you to Amazon for a list of Carlson’s books. His books are easy to read and understand and you will “get what he is saying.”