text: The number one reason, in my opinion, that you should consult in other people for advice is because everyone that you ask has a different perspective. This is a pretty straight forward fact, when you ask someone for advice, you ask because sometimes you can't rely on your own opinion, and need to see what other people think about a certain situation you're in. For example, right now I'm in a hard place because I've done something to my friend that upset her. I had decided to tell someone something I told her I wouldn't tell anyone, so I broke her trust. Because I couldn't think for myself and myself only, I asked my friends what they thought. Some of my closest friends thought that I was in the right, while other people that I wasn't as close but still friends with thought that I was in the wrong, or that we were both in the wrong. That's why you ask for other people's opinions, it opens your mind to possibilities or outcomes you probably never thought of.