At least the generic ones because keeping things simple consumes less energy that actually listening to what the individual really needs to hear. If all individual experiences comes as unique, we can still come up with fixes for common problems like relationship distress, unemployment, loss of purpose, and money (just to name a few).
There's no textbook that is specifically made to address all woes life has to offer but there are templates handed down by people that went through the same process.
The first rule I follow is to never take advice from someone that never practices what they preach. So no, I ain't going to listen money advice from someone having trouble managing money. It's a blind leading the blind scenario and it doesn't work.
So why do generic advices still remain popular despite these being less likely to be helpful for some individuals?
The words are packaged like some proverbial wisdom so simple yet profound that it should've made sense the first time you heard it. These are easy to pass around, doesn't require much explanation, it is what it is, less mental workload to make sense, and evergreen.
Save for the rainy days
Work harder to get somewhere
Be yourself
It takes discipline and will power
What comes in my mind:
"Save for the rainy days" - Unless you're dealing inflation and do nothing about it, saving is going to cause your rainy days.
"Work harder to get somewhere" - Hard work isn't enough and there's politics in social groups that dictate whether you're going to get anywhere.
"Be yourself" - Our society functions well because some pieces of ourselves get placed at the back of our heads to maintain group harmony. Honesty is for the virtuous and is the first thing that gets thrown away for survival.
"It takes discipline and will power" - Unless the problem requires medication.
Life is complicated and the best lessons are lost in translation due to being complicated by nature. Information is easier to transmit than gaining the wisdom to use that information.
When someone asks me for answers, there's always a few gears in my head to choose from.
Should I make the answer technical? brief and concise? simple but lost in translation?
When I have knowledge about the subject, barely any appreciation happens when condensing the acquired information into something meaningful for the receiver. I can explain the process at the molecular level why their drugs or body reacts that way but I highly doubt any retention for half of what I say happens. So I accept people as they are when they prefer the dumbed down baby talk version then tell them what to do with it.
I believe most people will just sort their own problems out without intervention.
And this too shall come to pass
Thanks for your time.
