The Power of Giving Advice When You're Stuck With a Challenge

Research shows that most of us have the intuition when someone near us is struggling, to just offer a bunch of unsolicited feedback to them. Being in a position of advice giver puts you on a pedestal and boosts your confidence. We perceive ourselves as needing advice, we go to the source of information that's going to give us solutions. Good friend will often call me when she's about to purchase a pair of shoes because she knows i'm a penny pincher. So when she calls another friend, not me, it could be by the question: What do you already have? You don't need those Shoes! The answer is always my big saver -  i'm