Some time ago, I encountered the idea that it is advantageous to be able to form a fictitious "advisory board" for oneself: a panel of advisors that one respects and would like to be able to ask for advice in case of existential doubt.
The beauty of it is that since it is a fictitious panel, which one only keeps and asks for advice in one's own mind, it is possible to pick and choose between the living and the dead, or even between real and fictional people. Grundtvig, Einstein, Newton; even Sherlock Holmes and Jesus, if so desired. The idea is that in these cases of existential doubt, one should ask the advisory panel for advice, in order to set a clear path through the doubt.
It is not dramatically different from the people who have a single person to take into consideration, as in: "What would Jesus do?" - And basically it's just a matter of that one seeks connection to the side of one's own personality that one's perception of the advisor represents - it's all just something going on in the head of the seeker of advice.
To believe that it is possible to get an answer without introspection, without first seeking deeply within oneself, is simply to deceive oneself. Basically, there is only one person on the panel - the seeking person itself.
(Translated from Hvad ville jeg selv gøre?, originally published January 29th, 2011)