Advice?

List the people you admire and look to for advice…

This is a difficult prompt. “List the people you admire and look to for advice?” Well… That seems to be two different categories.

There are a lot of people I admire, but I don’t have access for communication. Many are dead; Charlie Chaplin, Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung. Others are famous and are thus also out of reach: Barack Obama and Gene Hackman fit this classification.

As for advice, I tend to avoid the Ms. Cleos, tarot readings, and newspaper astrology columns. No Miss Manners or Landers sisters for me. And not only do I avoid them, as I think about it, I haven’t really asked for advice in years. As a college professor I was the one to advise and guide. When I occasionally met with my Division Chair, seeming to solicit advice, I was actually trying to guide policy. (Sorry, John!)

Does this mean I like it when people ask for advice? Not really. I relished my role as academic advisor, helping students navigate the waters of college and life. But when people ask for advice? I tend to assume they don’t really want it, since they often didn’t take it. But there’s nothing wrong with talking to someone to work out one’s thoughts.

I do it all the time, which is why I talk to myself so much…..

Any advice for me? Please comment, and do like and follow!