However, I realize that even people with the best intentions don’t always know how to offer advice in a way that is effective…in a way that others will actually listen and accept. Have you ever tried to give someone advice, but they tuned you out or got really mad at you? I have written this blog to provide some important tips for how to give good advice that is effective. This is a crucial place to start because unless someone is going to actually listen to what you have to say, your advice will not be effective.
4 Steps to Giving EFFECTIVE Advice
LISTEN. This is SO important. Unless a person feels heard and understood, they will never trust the advice you are giving.
ENCOURAGE. This is another important step that cannot be hurried over. Before diving into any advice, encourage them in some way. Tell them that you believe in them, or encourage them that there is help available. Unless you start with encouragement, they may be stuck in such a negative place that they have no hope of things ever-changing.
ADVISE. The best way to give advice is by getting their involvement in deciding what they should do and influencing their thinking in a positive way. Involvement – In order to have people buy into any advice you are giving, they need to be involved in the discussion and the decision.
PRAY for them and with them. I believe that with God’s power anything is possible. Any situation can be solved, any addiction broken, any heart mended, any wrong made right. Maybe not immediately and maybe not how we thought, but God tells us to bring our requests to Him.
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