<<        Famous people such as TV celebrities, sports athletes and so forth seemingly have great influence over ordinary people due to their popularity. On an account of it, they can easily draw wide attention of the public, which will lead to spread of the opinions of these celebrities. It can be at times useful to listen to these opinions and ideas, for some of them are specialised and experienced. However, one thing that we have to be aware of is that not all of them are giving us right opinions.        Some of the famous people on the media are specialists in some ways, thus their opinions are useful. For example, if one famous news commentator is specialised in Economics and s/he gives us some opinions about current status of Asian Economy, this will allows us to obtain some trustworthy information and to know how this specialist thinks. Similarly, there are many famous people who are specialists of sports, fashion and so on, and we can obtain quality opinion on their fields.        Even if these people are not specialised in any field, these celebrities in many cases have gone though much hard time and kept making efforts to win their present success and popularity. Through listening to these people, we can learn the importance of making efforts, how to overcome difficulties, keys for success and so on. These people, who have made great efforts and have been fortunate enough to make the success follow the efforts, have strengths inside them that can convince people. When this come together with their popularity, their opinions become extremely convincing, thus they cannot only show us how to solve problems but also motivate us to live our life meaningfully and to overcome the difficulties, if any.        Some celebrities also have many experience in their lives, and when this matches our interests, their opinion can be useful. These people, just as ordinary people do, have their private lives, friends, family, schools and so on. When they talk about these things, it worth listening if what they are talking about suits your interests. For instance, before my plan to go to a university overseas came true, I liked to listen to these celebrities who have studied abroad, and found it both useful and enjoyable to do so. The stories from the famous people also encouraged me to go for my plan.        However, one thing we have to be careful when we listen to their opinions is that we have to be critical to them. The celebrities may sometimes have extremely biased opinions, if not socially unacceptable, opinions about morality, society, politics, international relations and such, just as the ordinary people do. In their case of the famous people, because of their popularity, people tend to listen to them whether the opinions made are good or not. This leads to the spread of wrong views and information and thus sometimes to actual troubles in our society. Hence, although opinions of famous people can be useful at times, we have to be critical in order to filter the information and take only trustworthy opinions.