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Podcast: Tiny Bites of Wagaliciousness
Episode: Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - The Paradox of Giving Advice
Description: Can I give you a piece of advice? Most people don’t need advice.
Oops…I think I just screwed up right there!
When someone is struggling and needs help, it’s human nature to want to help them, and some help is great and some help is very unhelpful.
I’ll give you a ridiculous example – say someone has fallen on the sidewalk and you rush to help them up. Helpful – yay, you! If you then go on to tell them that their choice of shoes is wrong and they need to wear somethi...