Advice is everywhere. Friends offer it. Colleagues offer it. Family members offer it. Even strangers, armed with confidence but little knowledge of your circumstances, can be quick to tell you what they think you should do. But there is a question that can completely change the way advice is evaluated: Who has to live with the consequences of the decision?
That idea sits at the heart of a memorable line associated with Gabriel Macht’s most famous character, Harvey Specter, in the legal drama Suits : “Don’t base your decisions on the advice of those who don’t have to bear the consequences.”
