if you live your life by someone elses advice "without reason", then your living the life that they see and not your own.

Advice is advice. You decide whether to accept it and take action on it or not.

Advice is good. The more informed one is and the more points of view one has the better one will be able to make a decision.

For me, I usually already know what action I am going to take, and I welcome advice anyway. Advice helps me clarify my thoughts, seek reinforcement, or check to make-sure I have not overlooked anything that may lead to making a bad decision.