Avoiding Bad Advice

David Perlmutter provides suggestions on Avoiding Bad Advice . Perlmutter's tips include:

1. Think critically
2. Triangulate conflicting advice
3. Hear out seemingly useless advice
4. Politely shy away from suggested activities that divert you from your goal
5. Some advice is only suggested as an option to consider
6. Advice from a committed leader/champion should be heavily weighted
7. Flee malicious advisors.

Perlmutter's tips have strong similarities to other advice for evaluating information and information sources, but target the rising academic rather than a student evaluating Web resources.

-DD