I have become very selective about the type of advice that I receive because I have noticed a trend in most people, to impose their own ideas and project them onto my situation.

The older that I get, the more secretive that I become because I have learned that not everyone wants the best for others and not everyone gives good advice.

Looking back, I have received a lot of bad advice that sometimes I have taken. And, sometimes I have not. Some advice, I took and it helped me . However, some did not.

Here are 9 pieces of advice that I will never take again:

1. College is the best education.

2. You should always have your family in your life, no matter how they treat you.

3. Don’t speak back to bullies.

4. That your Parents always wants the best for you.

5. That money is the root of happiness.

6. That looks are everything.

7. That anyone can get married to another, no matter their core foundation, boundaries and respect for each other.

8. To live for others and not be true to myself.

9. To sweep toxic secrets and lies under the rug.