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Question: Would you explicate the following quote!?
"The best advice gets worse as you take it!."

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Well, I think the basic idea is that no advice is perfect in a constantly changing world!. It may have solved the initial problem, but as things change, that advice will create problems of it's own!.
Here are some examples that i came up with:
1) You should study law
*consequence - you study law, it takes you 5 years and by the time you graduate there is an abundance of lawyers in your city and you find it impossible to get a job!.
2) Order a Big Mac
*consequence - you order a big mac, you're enjoying it a lot!. Until you see something from the salad bar menu that you actually like more!.
At the time that you received the advice to eat a big mac it was the best possible advice, since you came into some new knowledge the advice got worse!.
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Generally the best advice is the hardest one to follow through on!. It's usually the hard way of getting something done, as opposed to the easy, quick way!. I am thinking that he means with life situations!. Www@QuestionHome@Com