But Where Is Your Crystal Ball?

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Philosophy, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Life Coach, Motivational, Personal Development, Mental Health, Life Coaching, Self-help, Education

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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"Where's your crystal ball?" This simple but powerful question has become my favorite response when faced with unsolicited opinions about my life choices. In today's reflection, I dive into the fascinating phenomenon of advice-giving and why we should approach it with healthy skepticism. Have you noticed how the loudest opinions often come from those least qualified to give them? The relative offering relationship advice despite their own troubled partnerships? The financially struggling fri...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
0:09.6	But where is your crystal ball?
0:13.5	Oh, my new favorite thing to say to anyone who has an unsolicited opinion on my life or on my decisions. Come on. I think we all know
0:28.3	someone like this, right? Someone who seems to know exactly what we should be doing with our lives,
0:35.4	who we should be spending time with, the work we should be doing, who we should be dating, who we should be doing with our lives, who we should be spending time with, the work we should be doing,
0:39.8	who we should be dating, what we should or should not be starting. I think we all know
0:46.8	something like this or have known these people. Am I right? I also want to throw in here that I
0:53.2	often find that the loudest opinions come from
0:56.1	people who are probably the least qualified to be giving them. Meaning, I've gotten relationship
1:03.8	advice from people in my family, from people who don't have happy relationships and maybe
1:10.7	who have never actually had a healthy
1:13.8	or happy relationship long term, I often find too that people love to give financial advice
1:21.9	when they are not in strong financial positions themselves. Have you ever observed this? Like someone telling you what
1:29.5	you should be doing with your money and their money situation isn't so great? I find this a lot.
1:37.5	You know, people might say, don't put your job or you're too old or perhaps even, yeah, look,
1:42.3	too young to start that or really you're dating him or you're dating her or I don't know, yeah, look, too young to start that, or really, you're dating him or
1:45.3	you're dating her or, I don't know, like, ooh, are you sure that's a really good idea?
1:51.6	Sometimes this comes down to if you ever probe this person or you care, you get into it,
1:56.5	which I don't advise in most cases.
1:59.0	People say, you know, I'm just looking out for you, like they're
2:02.2	an oracle of truth somehow. I've got to say this, where's your crystal ball? Right. Where is
2:10.1	someone's knowledge about what's right for your life? Your timing, your inner knowing. Even people who might be qualified to give advice based on their
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