How do you know what to do when you don't know what to do?

There is always a first time for everything and anything. I am not one who usually tries new things for fun or anything. However, if it is a problem I will usually ask someone close to me, or some whose opinion I value(very few :) ) I would want to seem abstract and ask them what they would do if they were in my shoes. I usually never agree. So if I don't agree with or if I don't see myself doing the suggested advice I will not think further on it and not do. Then I would just try to think of a solution that works well and one that would of course satisfy me. In the end I am trying to solve my problem. Usually I don't like people just offering to help, it seems suspicious. I have the sort of attitude that is like 'if I don't ask, don't bother answering'. Of course that is only if I am trying to solve a problem which is not on my list of things to do ;).