|
Irony - How to give advice
How do you give good advice? Should you include personal experiences or would that make things confusing. What are some good tips when you want to give somebody advice, like things you should make sure you do? I like to give advice and help people, but I'm not always sure how. I rate 5's for any answers - please help me out on this. Everyone should help so that anyone who reads can get better too. Thanks!
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Miscellaneous category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Random Weirdos?
Sometimes when giving good advice it helps to have that same personal experiance, beacuse that enables you to relate to the person, thus making you able to share your experiance to make the person feel better about it. If your not able to relate, you have to have knowledge on the problem, or be able to put yourself in that situation to help, like im able to do. =)
]
Add personal experiences and say what you feel, but practice a little discretion, don't say something hurtful or potentially harmful to the other person. Sometimes, though, it takes honesty. Make sure you put thought into the question, and the possible outcomes if someone takes your advice. Just think of what you would do if you were in the situation, or if you /were/ in the situation, make sure you tell them what you did and what happened. If you made a mistake, let the person learn from that, and suggest something else. If you have no experience or don't know anything about what the person is asking, don't leave advice, let other people answer it. Read other people's advice before you give yours, it can help you build suggestions and gain new perspectives on the problem and possible solutions. Just tell it from your heart, sincerely, like you mean it, and it will be good advice. Hope I helped!
Love,
Nevaeh
]
Okay, first you should choose a question that you know something about. Say, you want to answer a question about how to climb a tree, DONT help them how if you dont! Choose question that relate to you, that you overcame and tell them how to too! Okay, I know this is confusing so I'm sorry! Good Luck! =D
]
Well what I do is completly read the question. Cause I remember once I just read like the one part ( I didn't read the additional information ) which I should have because then that would have changed my mind on the advice I gave. So completly read her problem. Then just put yourself in him/her position, if you were her/his situation, how would you handle it? And it's also good to share personal experiences ( not like a whole story about your experience and THEN advice, just be like," I had the same thing happen to me once and what I did was...". And sometimes it's good to re-read what you wrote so then you can make sure you made sense and it's understandable cause sometimes the person who asked the question might not understand something you might have said. And another good thing so they can understand everything more, is it's good to sometimes research about their question, so then they don't have to do it, because it's really annoying whenever people are like," uh, I don't know you can try going on google or something and looking it up." It just makes everything quicker and easier. And if they came to you for advice, the least you should do is help them out and just not tell them to go looking on google. And also-- just be honest. Just tell her/him what you think they should do/say/etc. just, put your honest opinion in there. I hope I helped!
Love,
MELii
]
Always read the question completely. I've noticed several times that some columnists have given advice that wasn't really on the subject simply because they have not read the entire question. Personally I draw on my own experiences and also do a little research to give the best answer I can. Offering links to more information or support, if necessary, is also a good thing to do. Make sure you answer the question completely and in a way that the reader can understand.
]
well first of all, answer their question! some people dont really read it through and totally miss your point. give them SAFE and PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE advice and answer questions you can actually relate to...if you dont know anything about it, dont answer with "umm i dont know u could google it???" <- thats annoying. give them any wisdom they might need to solve the problem. be nice!<3
]
You give advice by using your knowledge and doing some research as well.Giving people good suggestions and possible solutions to their problems.Remember give the best advice you can give if you really want to give advice do it believe in yourself and you'll be able to.
]
just tell people what you think.tell them what you would do in watever the situation is.HAHA im doing that rite now!lol ok neways if you have had experience in the situation give them some details about what happened to you.and if someone says your advice is bad or sucks or something just ignore them cuz there just being mean.hope i helped XoXo
]
Just tell them what YOU would do because any advice is good advice and they might say well I cant do that because its stupid and then later in time they will try your advice.
]
One thing I always try to stick to is to answer questions that you are SURE you can help with. A lot of the questions on this site ask questions relating to situations or circumstances that I have no experience of. I'm therefore not really qualified to give advice, and it would probably suck anyway. Look at the questions, and pick ones you can really help with, rather than the first one you see.
One other thing is- be polite, but you don't have to be nice. Sometimes the best advice isn't what people WANT to hear. You might get negative feedback, but if you pride yourself on giving good advice (which is laudable) then stick to yer guns. Peace out.
]
i think including personal experiences helps..but you should keep it short and not write a whole page on your experience, you know what im sayin?
good tips on giving advice
the biggest one i would say is try and understand that even if they are asking about something your totally against or whatever, you should put in your view, and also give them other options even if its not somethin you would do. (i would tell them what I WOULD DO as well as give them other ideas)
so sometimes covering two points of views helps
if your not sure on the subject, research it online and give them info from what you found
websites helps along with your opinions and information
-meliss
]
To give good advice, I usually try to imagine myself in that situation. I think "What would I do?" and think of the consequences. Then, I speak to that person as if I was that person.
I would include a personal experiance if you have one, yes. Usually, you'd want to give a personal experiance its own paragraph to ease confusion. They do help a lot, as the other person sees what you've gone through.
Quick Example... One person once asked me about a possibility of DID. He asked symtoms of it, and how you know you have it. I probably was best suited to answer, as I definately am. So, I gave him my experiances.
See, like that! Did it without even knowing it...
In an answer, I also try to answer every question they ask, even if it is "Is this normal?" Feel obligated to do that. And make sure you answer what they are asking. Such as if they ask for an alternative self harm to cutting, you give them one. Say something like "I do not advise continuing, but...", for if they came for something, they should have it.
That's what I do, generally. I got a lot of people coming back to me asking me for further advice when I was at TH and doing that, so I guess it works.
Hope this works!
-Steven
]
if youve been in the situation before that definatly helps. and even if your famly or friends have been through something that they talked to you about that also helps with the advice you give. and even something you could be going through at that very moment you give the advice helps. or something you predect or ar like 90% sure that it will work.
and thats most of it lol
<3 simone
]
You can't really ask someone for advice on how to give advice. It just comes from the heart. You can include some personal experiences, but only short ones that make sense to the question that they are asking. Only give someone advice if you know what they are talking about, don't just give it becasue they say they rate high or will recomend you to friends. If you do it becasue they say that, you could make their problems worse. Just don't worry and give advice from your heart. I hope i helped!
Thanks,
Jenna
]
I think giving great advice comes with placing yourself in that person's shoes. Become them, realize what they're going through. Give them advice on what you would do if you were them. Also, when you're answering a question think of the person that asked the question as a close friend that you're trying to help out. When you think of them as a close friend, you'll give better advice. Don't always give person advice and tell them to Google it. I know it's annoying sometimes but if you really want to help them out, google it up yourself, get information on the topic and copy and paste the useful information that might help them out a bit. Always be friendly, nice and don't put anyone down. No question is dumb and with your help (or someone else's) it could actually show that someone does care about them and is willing to listen to what they have to say, along with helping them out with their problem(s).
♥ Krissy
]
More Questions: |