Women are the worst at giving out dating advice for men on other women
That's not an attack on women. They mean very well. And they have a strong understanding of social dynamics. But when it comes to helping men achieve their objectives with women, women themselves tend to give some rather boneheaded advice that's better tailored to artificial social expectations of men, women, and dating than what actually works right now in the real world.
Its not their fault the advice they give to men on dating often ends up making men worse at succeeding with women. They are honestly trying to help in the best way they can. But because of the nature of the differences between the men and women, there are some pretty big gulfs in understanding what either gender wants and needs to accomplish in order to win in the dating world. And because of this women often end up giving men destructive advice.
Ultimately though, here's the reason why women's advice doesn't work. Women are emotional caretakers. They wanna to make sure everyone feels okay, and nobody rocks the boat. The girl giving you advice really doesn't want you to get hurt. She doesn't want you to face the pain of rejection. And because she doesn't want you to get hurt and have to face the pain of rejection, she'll give you advice that's going to maximize your chances of not losing.
Not losing means you play it safe. Not losing means you keep the kid gloves on and skirt the friend zone and maybe even wade into it because you want to make sure you don't do anything too edgy that might lose you a girl or cause her to become too attracted.
Dating advice from women doesn't tell you how to win, it tells you how not to lose. But you don't play not to lose though, you want play to win. Go all out. Scared money don't make no money.