Now I understand why julianyap says this all the time.

[randomness]

"Nobody ever listens to my advice."

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[bwilder.livejournal.com]

I listen!

(I'm pretty sure, anyway...)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

You sir, have much less need of my advice than some people.

So of course you listen. :)

(There must be some aphorism that goes with this: "Those who don't need the advice listen best; those who need it most never do"? I don't know, something like that.)

[cubes.livejournal.com]

How about "Those who listen to the advice the first time around don't need it repeated OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN."?

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but someone else will have to repeat the advice; I get tire very quickly.

[mud-puppy.livejournal.com]

Dude! I listen :) And I have appreciated your insight and advice on many occasions. You have a way of getting through to me sometimes when Matt & Sean can't.

But I SOOOOO understand what you mean. Espcially when someone is asking for advice, but they just can't take it in. *sigh* I guess you gotta learn stuff in your own time. *hug*

OH, and I think I have this affinity for Dude lately, dunno why :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Dude! I listen :)

Yah, I know. See above comment to bwilder. :)

Espcially when someone is asking for advice, but they just can't take it in.

Kinda makes you feel like, "Am I talking to the wall?"

OH, and I think I have this affinity for Dude lately, dunno why :)

I've noticed. Who'd you pick that up from?

[mud-puppy.livejournal.com]

hmm.. Talking to the wall... now where do I remember having that feeling...oh yeah. um... nevermind ;)

I've noticed. Who'd you pick that up from?

Dude, I don't know :) Sorry, I need to stop! Dude is eating my brain. *giggle*

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Mmmm...spicy brains. :)

[bedfull-o-books.livejournal.com]

*snork*

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I.

Can Smell.

Your Brains.

:)

[antoniusrex.livejournal.com]

"But that's okay, Darlin, because I love you, and that's why you have to let me EAT YOUR BRAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIINS!"

Advice. Taken. Mostly. Advice. Given. Sometimes.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the problem is that it's always easier to see clearly from an external perspective, when you're not all muddled up by the emotional content of the situation.

I don't think I'm any better than anyone else at taking advice--although I will say in my defense that I rarely ask for it--but I am an old hand at learning from other people's experience. The benefit of having two older sisters, I suppose :)

Grrr. LJ was supposed to log me in after I commented above.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

the problem is that it's always easier to see clearly from an external perspective

True enough. Which is why I think my calling is really going to be "management consultant".

I will say in my defense that I rarely ask for it

Is that good or bad? I find I don't ask for it enough, myself.

I am an old hand at learning from other people's experience.

That's clearly a good thing. All the benefits of mistakes, and none of the cost.

Re: Grrr. LJ was supposed to log me in after I commented above.

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

I will say in my defense that I rarely ask for it

Is that good or bad? I find I don't ask for it enough, myself.

Well, I ask for other people's input and perspective, which I find very useful. But I rarely say "well, what should I do?" unless I'm pretty open to following their advice.

Re: Grrr. LJ was supposed to log me in after I commented above.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

But I rarely say "well, what should I do?" unless I'm pretty open to following their advice.

*nod*

That makes sense; sometimes I actually do want to know what they'd do, to see how that differs from what I'd do, but there is this sense in which you both feel like you have to follow that advice once it's been solicited.

[kimberlogic.livejournal.com]

heh. i'm in need of advice, or perhaps just opinions, but hey, i'd listen :)

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I'll be glad to talk sometime. :)

[wolfkitn.livejournal.com]

harrrrumph! i listen to your advice all the time! (and sometimes i even *follow* it! ;) )

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

*snicker*

[orichalcum.livejournal.com]

Oh, _your_ advice I listen to. It's just _Julian's_ I don't. Just teasing.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he'll be pleased to hear that. :)

[muffyjo]

The only advice you ever gave me was to try breakfast at the Toast...and see where THAT got me! (It got me to New Hampshire as the sun was rising). I'm 1 for 1!

[wolfkitn.livejournal.com]

okay, so now you should try breakfast at hoatie's, on route 1 in new hampshire. also well worth it. ;)

[frotz.livejournal.com]

Getting there while they're open is the trick, though.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Oh?

We should go, clearly.

call me when you go!!!!

[cthulhia]

and then let me know what advice of yours I keep failing to take. :)

(other than "chill THE FUCK out" which would probably require a lobotomy).

Re: call me when you go!!!!

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Well, it'll be a while before I do because I have no idea where it is. :)

And you've never asked me for advice, so I can't imagine how you've ever failed to take any.