1.Choose advisors that cover all four Needs Quadrants.Sometimes the best advice is not comfortable to hear; consider all advice without feeling personally about it.

Name Your Most Trusted Current Advisor, and two others who you feel would make good, unbiased advisors with valuable points of view

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2.Manage your advising network by building relationships early on; don’t wait until a critical situation presents itself.

3.Seek advice quickly when the situation calls for action.We often put off what is painful to deal with. .Seeking solutions through consulting with advisors in a timely manner will pay off.