Log what they say in some form and judge based on that how accurate they are; this is what I began with, telepathic communication, for a long time, these days people often want to see spectacular phenomena like in the movies before they believe it’s real, which is setting unreasonably high entry barriers, leading to discouragement, and meanwhile ignoring what is probably valid spirit contact a lot of the time.
I have a core shamanism tutorial I created based on the training I did, and I have had people describe what were absolutely perfect first journeys, and yet they felt like failures because it wasn’t like being in a Star Trek holodeck, and this happens even when I specifically included a section explaining that it would not be that vivid!
Take a leap of faith in your own perceptions, every time you ignore them for not being flashy enough, that’s the little normie-world hall monitor in your head saying “but no-one else could have verified this for me, and other people are my god and master, therefore it cannot be real” - beware that trap!
Don’t let the “perfect” be the enemy of the good, of the effective - log the advice and information given, if it’s accurate most of the time, you’re doing well. You don’t need a manifestation solid enough to leave hoofprints on the rug in order to be getting results that place you in the top category pf people who succeed in magick and succeed in everyday life DUE TO magick. 