{"id":3143,"date":"2018-11-13T03:48:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T03:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=3143"},"modified":"2018-11-13T03:48:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T03:48:11","slug":"advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/13\/advice\/","title":{"rendered":"advice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This crowded world of smart communication has a side effect. We have experts and advisors everywhere.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Open Twitter, and you will find an investor sharing wisdom on running a successful startup<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Open Hacker News, and you have some product guy sharing his wisdom followed by 1000 others in agreement or against it<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Facebook has retired folks talking about what our government should do to cure hunger and make us <\/span><\/span>economically<\/span><\/span> strong<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Instagram has influencers telling you what to wear at marriage or eye brown and lip care tips.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At this age and experience of mine one thing, I have realized that getting advice is more harmful than going on own.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Barry Schwartz in his book the paradox of choice talks about decision paralysis: too many choices are recipe for disaster<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If you are building a product for a certain market segment, advice should come from customers and users<\/span><\/span>. Why are we wasting time reading tweets or blogs from so-called thought leaders? <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This crowded world of smart communication has a side effect. We have experts and advisors everywhere. \u00a0 Open Twitter, and you will find an investor sharing wisdom on running a successful startup. \u00a0 Open Hacker News, and you have some product guy sharing his wisdom followed by 1000 others in agreement or against it. \u00a0 … <\/p>\n

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