What makes someone good at giving advice and/or taking it?

Jump to Last Post 1-7 of 7 discussions (7 posts)
  1. Dan Barfield profile image73
    Dan Barfieldposted 12 years ago

    What makes someone good at giving advice and/or taking it?

    Once upon a time I was neither good at taking advice nor confident enough to give it. These days, I find not only that I am much better at heeding the wisdom of others... but I am confident in my judgement enough to know when it is appropriate to give share my opinion. Also, I have found that people look to me for advice for some reason. What do you think are the best attributes of someone who gives and takes advice well? Also... are you one of those people?

    https://usercontent2.hubstatic.com/7741935_f260.jpg

  2. Theophanes profile image100
    Theophanesposted 12 years ago

    The best advice giver is one that only gives advice when asked. Unwanted advice is most often given by people who believe they know how to fix everyone else's life (but curiously never manage to fix their own!) Upon giving advice a wise individual will be OK with the decision regardless if their advice was heeded or not. No one wants to hear, "I told you so!"

    Beyond that it's good to have something to back up your point of view. Make it a discussion of logic, be gentle but persuasive. If you've got your own life together you're probably the kind of person that gives good advice because you've already figured it out.

  3. THEmikeLO profile image60
    THEmikeLOposted 12 years ago

    Many people also gravitate towards me to advice and I strongly believe that the main purpose for this is that i am not judgmental.  Whatever advice you are searching for I will give my true opinion, even if I can tell that the person who is asking is looking for a different answer and i feel that people appreciate that.

    People who take advice must have an open mind to other opinions.  Without this they will never be able to take advice or listen to it, it will simply go out one ear and out the other!

  4. ii3rittles profile image84
    ii3rittlesposted 12 years ago

    Understanding.

    If you are able to truly understand a person and their situation, you can approach them with kind, loving, unbiased and nonjudgmental advise. This goes for taking it as well. If you can understand where a person is coming from with what they are suggesting, you will be able to decide if it is good advise or bad advise. The heart never lies.

  5. Lisa HW profile image64
    Lisa HWposted 12 years ago

    I think the best "advice-giver" is someone who won't give advice (because he knows that, no matter how experienced, old, or otherwise "wise" he may be; the other person may be in a situation even a "mainly wise enough"/"mainly experienced" person may not understand sufficiently). but, instead, aims to just share his own "take on the matter"/"objective perspective" - which is different from giving advice.  Best advice takers, I guess, would be people who a) want the advice, and b) respect the ideas of the person they ask enough to at least "take them under advisement".   smile

  6. C.V.Rajan profile image61
    C.V.Rajanposted 12 years ago

    To give advice, no qualification needed. Even good-for-nothing people give advice if a hapless listener is in front of them!

    But to receive advice, on must have some amount of respect on the wisdom and the capability of the giver.

  7. peachpurple profile image84
    peachpurpleposted 12 years ago

    The best advice is when it works at the problem. Unwanted advice is just an onlooker busybody action.

 
working

This website uses cookies

As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.

For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy

Show Details
Necessary
HubPages Device IDThis is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons.
LoginThis is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service.
Google RecaptchaThis is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy)
AkismetThis is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy)
HubPages Traffic PixelThis is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized.
Amazon Web ServicesThis is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy)
CloudflareThis is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy)
Google Hosted LibrariesJavascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy)
Features
Google Custom SearchThis is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy)
Google MapsSome articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
Google ChartsThis is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy)
Google AdSense Host APIThis service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Google YouTubeSome articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
VimeoSome articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy)
PaypalThis is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook LoginYou can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy)
MavenThis supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy)
Marketing
Google AdSenseThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Google DoubleClickGoogle provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Index ExchangeThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
SovrnThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Facebook AdsThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Unified Ad MarketplaceThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
AppNexusThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
OpenxThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Rubicon ProjectThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
TripleLiftThis is an ad network. (Privacy Policy)
Say MediaWe partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy)
Remarketing PixelsWe may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites.
Conversion Tracking PixelsWe may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service.
Statistics
Author Google AnalyticsThis is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy)
ComscoreComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy)
Amazon Tracking PixelSome articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy)
ClickscoThis is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy)