[ Advice ]

Putting aside unsolicited advice, of which there seems to be plenty of, sometimes we do actually seek out some advice. 

There are two paths by which we decide where to get advice from, and whether it’s trustworthy:  we need to know the advisor’s motives, and we need to know their competence.

It makes sense:  if the motives and competence are good or positive, then we are more confident the advice will be.  The opposite is true too. 

What might be surprising is that the motives are related to values:  how similar the advisee thinks the advisor’s are to their own.

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