text: Primarily, good friends should want what's best for other people, so their opinions will be what they think is the best choice to solve a problem. This also applies to the advice of professionals such as doctors. Doctors are there to help people get healthy, so they will want whatever is best for their patient. A time when I used the advice of others was when I had to decide between going on a school trip to New York City or participating in my school's band concert. I sought out the advice of many of my friends. I trusted those people, so I knew that they would tell me what they thought was the right decision for me to make.