Sticking to Your Opinions, or Asking Others for Advice. Which is better?

       The topic that I was given to write about today was "Is it better to use your knowledge and experience to solve problems, or is it better to ask other people for advice?"  To me, I believe that if you are confident in yourself and are willing to put the problem in your own hands, then use your knowledge and experience.  You must still keep in mind, that there are other people out there that have either given good advice on a problem, or have dealt with the problem themselves.  Asking someone for advice can be great because that person may have a connection to someone who has dealt with the same problem, even if it is not the person you are asking.  You must put yourself in the position of the person you are asking.  Even if the person does not have any experience with your trouble, he or she could help you get through it whether its by talking about the problem, or helping out physically. 
       I agree to both sides of the topic.  First of all, I believe that everyone trusts themselves to some extent.  This should be used as an advantage by using your trust to help you through problems.  Even if your opinion does not work out the way you expected, you would have learned something from the event that could help you or others in the future.  This helps you learn from your mistakes and will help increase the amount of experience you will have in your life.  I would recommend keeping to your own ideas if you have had an experience with the same problem.  Since you have encountered the problem before, you should know what to do, even if you have failed the last time you coped it.  Other people should only be asked in this situation for extra advice, or their own stories.  If you have encountered the problem before, then you should stick to your own opinion.
     

 On the other side of the topic, I believe that another persons advice can be vitally important to your decision.  First of all, the other person has probably coped with the same problem you have now.  This is more likely in adults, because they have experienced life the most.  The older the person, the more experiences they have had.  Second, the person may know of someone, through relations of family or friends that have dealt or are dealing with the same thing as you.  Remember, you are not alone.  Other people may be living exactly like you and you may not realize it.  There are a lot of people in the world.  Third, even if the person does not have any relation to the problem, which is not very likely, his or her advice can still be helpful.  It may bring up new ideas to you, or may be comforting in some way.  The person could also help if you are doing a job that requires labor.  A second person can make the work twice as fast as one.  You must always keep in mind that there are other people out there, and even if your reach of knowledge or experience may seem very large to you, there are billions of other lives that have their own experiences.  Combining thoughts and ideas with another person is always a good and helpful thing, even if the person is ignorant and has not ever dealt with the same sort of problem.  Trust me, they probably have.
       From the topic I was given today, I hope I have helped you by giving you a new perspective on your thoughts versus other peoples thoughts.  Be smart with your decisions and remember that there are other people out there, just like you, who have their own thoughts and their own experiences, whether they have lived their life already or have just stared it.