Too much advice

There is such thing.

Here's an example: you want to build yourself a house. You are not a builder by education so you hire someone. Then you hear a friend of yours got scammed and charged way too much by another builder so you start asking around for shit that can happen when someone builds you a house. Then you hear that someone's builder stole materials that they then charged to you. Another one's builder cut corners by building the foundation wrong and it was only obvious much later because the foundation was obviously covered by the floor. Some other guy didn't have all the paperwork in order.

Soon your head starts spinning with all the advice you could get from people that built their own houses and had shit happen to them and they're pouring it all to you. The advice is occasionally conflicting. One says hire someone to supervise, the other one says if you do the two heads will clash and chaos will ensue. One says pay whatever it's worth, cause quality trumps everything, the other guy says negotiate every cent. They are all right in their own way based on their experience. They all know firsthand. They all have good intentions.

Here's another piece of advice: you can ask around, of course. But bear in mind that from each person will provide the advice based on their own experience, which may not match yours. How do you know what will fit for you? Your guess is as good as mine.

"Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
Wishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off
Painting over the ugly parts and recycling for more than it's worth"
Everybody's free (to wear sunscreen)

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