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Perhaps you may have noticed that when somebody is on a diet they expect everybody else to also be on a diet. They'll tell you the wonders of their latest diet and how much they've lost using it and it's magnificent and they will work hard on you to try to convince you to do the same thing.

If somebody takes up walking or jogging then they believe that everybody else should do the same thing and they will try to convince all of their friends and acquaintances, even people that they just strike up a little chat with because they sat next to them at a wedding or another casual meeting. In all of these cases they will try to convince everybody to get involved in their latest thing that they think is important. Somebody who jogs will tell everybody else to walk as if it's the most important thing for them to do as well.

It's important to be very careful with people who give you advice. You have to know where those people are coming from.

This does not, of course, necessarily mean that walking is bad or a negative thing or that dieting is a bad thing or anything else. The person who tells you that they learned how to quit smoking using a new and special method may well have been able to quit using it and it might be a good thing. That doesn't mean that it's good. It doesn't mean that it's bad.

However, if you listen to everybody's advice based on the latest fad or the latest thing that they are into then you're never going to be able to get into your own life.

Many people are into new things, and those people who are into a new thing like walking or jogging or dieting speak with tremendous enthusiasm about it. They will indeed try to tell you that it's the most important thing in the world or the most important thing for you or the best thing for you. They are so excited about it that they can be very convincing. Their enthusiasm is going to carry over to you and you might be easily convinced.

Be careful. Don't listen to everybody's advice. You can be friendly, but just because somebody else says that something is wonderful, great, perfect, or just right for you does not mean that you have to commit yourself to doing it.

And you certainly don't have to commit yourself to anything on the spot. You can certainly take your time to think about it and come back later.