How comfortable are you at giving advice?

[Sigmund]

Good Tuesday evening.

Are you comfortable giving advice? Giving advice to family, friends or strangers? Is it more comfortable to give advice if you have been asked for advice? Are you okay giving advice to someone/anyone who did not ask, specifically, for your advice?

Thank you for your replies.

Peace.

 

[Doc Creed]

Good Tuesday evening.

Are you comfortable giving advice? Giving advice to family, friends or strangers? Is it more comfortable to give advice if you have been asked for advice? Are you okay giving advice to someone/anyone who did not ask, specifically, for your advice?

Thank you for your replies.

Peace.

My level of comfort depends on my knowledge of the subject on which I'm giving advice. I have on occasion given advice to friends or even strangers if asked. I think wise counsel can be invaluable when one is faced with challenges or problems, especially when the advice-giver has expertise/experience with said challenges. I've asked for advice in equal measure. No harm no foul in asking. (Wow, I'm tired...hope this makes sense.)

 

[Grace82]

Good Tuesday evening.

Are you comfortable giving advice? Giving advice to family, friends or strangers? Is it more comfortable to give advice if you have been asked for advice? Are you okay giving advice to someone/anyone who did not ask, specifically, for your advice?

Thank you for your replies.

Peace.

I'm fine with giving and receiving unsolicited advice. If you see a situation heading south and/or you have info that could benefit someone....why not tell them!

 

[GNTLGNT]

...my tongue is hinged on both ends and I have no qualms about dishing it out, or in most cases-taking it....

 

[pegasus216]

I'm not good at giving advice, cause no one listens to me anyway. Not good at taking it either.

 

[skimom2]

Depends. I try not to stick my 2 cents in unless I'm asked (though I'm sure I've violated that a time or three), and only if I know what I'm being asked about.

 

[Blake]

No. I don't give advice anymore, even to family members. One of my relatives was in a relationship with this guy who had a drinking problem, anyway I told her she should leave him, so she tells him once they got back together( she was always leaving him and going back) so he turns up banging on my front door saying he wants to punch my lights out. Drunk. I called the police.

 

[arista]

I have no problem taking advice depending on the subject. Giving advice only if I had done a same thing and doid not end well.

 

[HollyGolightly]

I'm good doing both most of the time. Even if I don't take the advice I'm given, I'm polite about it. My mother in law is forever saying: You know what you should do... - followed by some home improvement advice. If only she'd offer to pay for it all I might take her up on it.

 

[SusanNorton]

I'm not good at giving advice, cause no one listens to me anyway. Not good at taking it either.

 

[Doc Creed]

No. I don't give advice anymore, even to family members. One of my relatives was in a relationship with this guy who had a drinking problem, anyway I told her she should leave him, so she tells him once they got back together( she was always leaving him and going back) so he turns up banging on my front door saying he wants to punch my lights out. Drunk. I called the police.

 

[skimom2]

My daughter's picture could be posted with this definition.

 

[Alexandra M]

In my personal life I don't usually give advice unless asked. But, if it is a situation where my radar is going off then I do
but cautiously. At work, well that is part of the reason I am there so I let it rip.

 

[fushingfeef]

I am rarely asked for advice but when I am, I am pretty comfortable sharing what I think. However I will not answer questions about law, accounting, medical, etc.; I always advise the person to see a professional.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

I know everything, am an expert on everything, am never wrong, and will let everyone know it.... Said every teenager.

 

[twiggymarie]

I tend to be more of the soundboarding type when it comes to advice, because more often than not, the ones asking advice already know what is the best thing for them to do already. They either just want agreement, or to sound it out aloud. They rarely take it anyway, and sometimes like someone mentioned above, it comes back to bite you in butt. The only time this doesn't apply is with my kids. They get my advice whether they ask or not, most of the times

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I don't offer advice but when asked for advice what I give is my opinion of how I see the situation and what I might do in that particular situation. I then let the person asking make their own decisions based on that.

 

[jacobtlong]

I'm not good at giving advice unless it is something work-related and pertaining to policy and procedures. I don't try to pry into anyone's personal business. Half the time I don't know what the hell I'm doing myself so I doubt I'm the optimal sage of wisdom people should seek.

Sometimes I ask for advice from certain people to help me make decisions, but I normally keep my two cents to myself.

 

[César Hernández-Meraz]

I'm more comfortable than I should, perhaps.

I have no problem giving unsolicited advice, even to strangers.

When it is to small children who misbehave, telling them to listen to their parents, parents seem to always like it. But when it is something like "use the directional lights" to a bad driver, most get instantly angry, even though they are the ones doing a wrong.

A problem comes when close friends are down and tell me their situation. I may then start giving advice when they simple want to be held and listened to. So I am not the best one to approach first when someone is feeling sad, but may be helpful once the initial sadness has come to manageable levels and people are looking for something practical.

One of my best advices is usually to make people see what is good in them. People too often lose sight of just how much good they bring to the world.

 

[Tery]

Since I am a clergyperson, I do the advice thing fairly often. But I seldom give it unless it's requested in this capacity. Or as a Mod