Often young people enter “the age of infinite wisdom” and become unwilling to listen to anybody. You know, where they know what they are doing and nobody can tell them otherwise.
Some people stay in this state their whole lives, and others may stay in it in some measure, or for certain areas of their lives.
Often we fool ourselves that a want is really a need, and once our brain does that we make excuses, don’t want to hear the truth, and dismiss it “because”.
The only thing that may wake these people up is when the culminating event happens and their life is a train wreck where they have to reach out for help. For many, even that will not prevent them from stubbornly defending their positions, and they may be right back at it when the crisis passes.
People that are growing and ultimately succeed in anything, are open to listening and learning. Learning from others (mistakes) is necessary, because there are a lot of areas of life and a lot of mistakes that could be made, and we will never live long enough to make them all ourselves.
Pick the right voices of value, and don’t just hear – listen.
Life happens all around us, to think you have nothing to learn from the actions and experiences of another is sad. We’re always learning!