text: By seeking out multiple opinions from different people in the past, you can use those results to help you in the future. For example, if you had asked all of your past coaches for a school sport what they like to see most in an athlete, you could use their answers and train yourself to be like they said. If they all agree that they like to have players that are coachable, or someone who applies what the a coach says to a game situation, then you would be able to work with yourself to achieve that goal of becoming coachable. By asking for advice now, you can have an opportunity in the future to look back and work with yourself to understand the answers.