It turns out that getting expert advice literally shuts out brain down, and it can prevent us from making a truly informed decision. This fact is important to know when you seek expert advice.
1. Don’t rely on a single expert’s advice, get a second or even a third opinion.
2. Do your own research and determine your potential decision options BEFORE you meet with an expert.
I would have loved to not only know of this research but to also really absorb and embrace its truth before some key experiences in my life with “experts” in fields outside of my expertise. Yes even doctors can fall into this trap of trusting advice from other “experts”, and I can vividly remember several incidences in which my brain shut down/shut off because I was with an “expert”