But I have realized that most often than not the solutions to most of the problems we face in life can be found around us such as peoples experiences and close relatives or friends who we can confide in.
"Experiences" may be deal breaker here.
People tend to make their stories more colourful than in reality and to change some facts. You also have to take into account when this experience happened - not that long ago solution for one's laziness would be to buy a slave. That's maybe a bit over the top example but only thing that's constant in this world is change and someone's solution that worked year or month ago may be not appropriate today.
So yeah, ask your relatives/ friends but check on the internet/ in books/ with professional if the proposed solution is still OK.