text: Getting other peoples opinions can help you Learn from other people mistake. People who are usually older than you have more experience. your parents for example might have made a mistake at one point and if you ask for their opinion on something they can give you their opinion. you don't learn everything the hard way, if you get multiple opinions and multiple people say you shouldn't go somewhere then you can grow from their mistakes and go somewhere else. Getting more than one opinion will help you learn from others mistakes.