Solomon’s paradox states that people are capable of delivering sound, rational perspectives to others, but not to themselves. Practice what you preach does not always happen.

I think this is one of the reasons why people are ignored or not given credit for things, because most people are visual – their ears don’t work if their eyes don’t see evidence of what is being talked about. What is tragic about this is that people are not accepted based on surficial and superficial things. It would be difficult to take financial advice from a homeless person, but you have to remember the fact that it is possible for former Wall Streeters to find themselves in that position. Greed, unlawful activity, and substance abuse can affect them the same way those things affect everyone else.

I’ll admit it took my work with the mental health community to open my eyes wider to this fact. And the fact that not everyone listens to what I have to say because I don’t have material things to back me up. But there is a flip side to this: When people think a certain way about you, like that you ought to know everything about a specific topic because of who you are. Some things sound good and like they could be true or reasonable, but we should always double check to be sure of their accuracy.

We can give and receive misinformation for a variety of reasons, but it can be detrimental if we don’t verify things or get second opinions.

I personally would never take advice from a Kardashian, for example, mainly because I don’t like the idea of pimping out children as a business plan. Mom could have made a positive impact on her children and society because she had the resources available to do so.