Picture this scenario:

You’re going through a difficult time at work and you reach out to friends and loved ones for help and support.

The response is overwhelming!

You receive an insane number of tips and recommendations on what to do and how and when... you nod at the advisors and take mental notes.

And then, on your own, you try to translate them into actions and  something goes wrong: it does not work!

Let's look at another scenario:

In this case, it is a friend or a colleague that you care about who is having hardships and you desperately want to help.

So, you offer what you feel is useful advice that will assist the person in getting through this difficult situation. You arm yourself with your best intention and go into huge amount of details to help the other person being able to implement your solution right away.

You leave the advice scene, you pat yourself on the shoulder for being such a good and caring friend or colleague.

But, eventually, you get annoyed or frustrated when you realise that the person hasn't taken your advice further.

Can't they see how simple it is to improve their situation? Why aren't they listening?!

Any of these scenarios familiar?

What is it that goes wrong when we try to give advice to people we care about, or we receive advice from people who care about us?

Here are 3 reasons why our brilliant advice does not work:

Stay curious for longer and ask questions to understand and help the person get to the bottom of the issue.

Full show notes and links at chiaracovone.com/13