Understanding the Pitfalls of Giving Advice

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Episode 2926:

Margo Aaron reveals why your eagerness to give advice might be making you insufferable. A high CATB (Chomping At The Bit) score indicates you're more focused on speaking than actually helping. This breakdown of the four worst advice-givers and a three-step formula to lower your CATB score will help you become a better listener and, paradoxically, a more effective source of wisdom. Sometimes, the best advice is no advice at all.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.thatseemsimportant.com/behavior-change/catb-score-giving-advice/

Quotes to ponder:

"Every time you want to say something, don’t."

"If you’re talking more than you’re listening then you’re doing this wrong."

"Someone who is genuinely great at giving advice is invisible."

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