It’s probably not actually bad advice…it’s just bad advice for your situation.
And of course the person means well…as there’s not many people looking to derail you with bad advice on purpose.
But it happens all the time…it’s well meaning but not applicable.
So how can you tell?
Discernment is accrued (in part) by knowing where you are going and why you are going there. That way you can easily and quickly hold the advice up to your vision and decipher how it might help on your particular journey…or if it doesn’t at all.