The point is not whether his advice is useful. The point is that he fails to understand and that understanding concepts that are foreign to your world view is hard. Really hard.
Understanding on the other hand needs dealing with a topic for longer amount of time. Deeper understanding is unlikely if you don’t deal with the same topic multiple times but always seek for something new.
In general don’t take what it means to say “be yourself” from someone who cringes when he hears the phrase and who wouldn’t use it himself.
The point is not whether his advice is useful. The point is that he fails to understand and that understanding concepts that are foreign to your world view is hard. Really hard.
Understanding on the other hand needs dealing with a topic for longer amount of time. Deeper understanding is unlikely if you don’t deal with the same topic multiple times but always seek for something new.
In general don’t take what it means to say “be yourself” from someone who cringes when he hears the phrase and who wouldn’t use it himself.