Advice, n. The smallest current coin.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Advice is portrayed as having minimal value compared to actual currency.
- In plain terms
- Advice is cheap and not very valuable.
- What can you take from it?
- People give advice freely because it costs nothing.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is advice worth money?
- Why do we give it so freely?
Another view
Some advice can be genuinely valuable despite being free.
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