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<li>Ask a person who has the right expertise, experience, or knowledge you want. To improve your chance of getting what you want from an expert, use a known connection.</li>
<li>Find out if you have a mutual friend in common. Ask them if they would be willing to reach out on your behalf for an introduction.</li>
<li>Offer to send your question in advance to allow them to prepare.</li>
<li>Don't ask everyone. Research shows if you don't take the advice of those you seek, they may have a worse view of you afterward. Be grateful, and let them know how their feedback helped you.</li>
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Getting the best advice

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<li>Asking for advice shows initiative and displays competence.</li>
<li>Asking for advice can show your seriousness about an issue. It shows you have a specific goal in mind.</li>
<li>Advice is actionable and comes with facts or personal experience.</li>
<li>You get exactly what you need to improve yourself for the future.</li>
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Benefits of seeking advice

Many people prioritise feedback over advice. But Harvard researchers found that feedback often has no impact on our performance. They argue that feedback often leads to vague input.
Feedback is often associated with evaluating past performance and is not focused on how you can improve.

Feedback focuses on the past

Seeking advice over feedback opens up an opportunity for suggestions to improve or even advice on how to find solutions to your weakness.
It takes a willingness to acknowledge a problem you have. Good advice can be your greatest learning experience, especially when coming from someone who has already succeeded in that area.

Seeking advice

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