Giving advice

Do you think you are good at giving advice? and if you are, do you follow your own advice?

for example, I know I am good at listening, I am very empathetic and have a lot of life experience. I also have a bit of education on things such as psychology and mental health so when I give advice it is very detailed and knowledgeable! However I NEVER FOLLOW MY OWN ADVICE THO!

If I tell my sister something for example and I end up in the same situation where that advice would apply. I NEVER take my own advice and I do the opposite. It is so annoying. I know what to say to someone else and I know what someone else should do however when it comes to me, I am completely clueless and tend to do the opposite! -.-

I would consider myself a great listener and pretty decent at giving advice.
I am really bad at taking my own advice. Honestly, I'm probably bad at taking any of the good advice my friends have given me.
I have to learn my lessons the hard way. Even if I see my friends going through the same things, I'm probably going to make all the same mistakes and regret it later.

I would agree completely with what you said Courtney LOL. I feel like I'm a very approachable person, so I'm always there to listen and provide input where needed, but I'm not a very good one for "practicing what I preach". I think it's also situational though, because sometimes when emotions and bias get involved, you're really your own best judger for a situation. You're going through the situation, so sometimes people might not have the best angle on the topic.

Great at giving, terrible at following. I'll give the best advice and completely disregard it myself.

I hate giving advice... unless it's something I'm knowledgeable about or have been through myself, where I can draw on past experiences..
I tend not to give advice, mainly because I hate people.. I have the philosophy in life of "you do you"

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Originally Posted by Triz

I tend not to give advice, mainly because I hate people..

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hahahahaha not a bad way to look at things!

i am very good at giving other people advice (i do not always require knowledge, experience or anything else i just know the answer and what they require) and im not that great at giving myself advice but i create a workshop in my mind and put every possible outcome listed then im prepared for every possible result.