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Since you feel you have poor judgement, I recommend you try these steps: 1) Find some smart friends. 2) When you need to make an important decision, ask your smart friends for advice. 3) When multiple smart people are giving you essentially the same advice, take their advice.

When it comes to advice, "Wise men don't need it, and fools won't heed it. And those who want it the most like it the least."

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Yes, yes, yes! Taking advice is incredibly important, and a trusted circle of advisors absolutely invaluable. And don't only include your own buddies in this circle: Reach out to older people and ask them about their experiences. Why repeat the same mistakes the previous generation made?

Just one thing in your comment I strongly disagree with: "Wise men don't need [advice]" In my experience, the wisest people I know are the ones most often asking for advice... Or, as King Solomon put it: "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice." (Proverbs 12:15)

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