How to give advice?

We all find ourselves wanting to give or receive advice at one point or another. We can be indecisive about a whole lot of things; a new job, a car, a person’s intentions, etc., which can often prompt us to seek advice.

And if you are like me, you prefer asking some of your friends rather than others. Why is that? Why are some naturally better at giving advice than others? And how could we be better at giving advice ourselves? Here is the answer…

’Information. Information. Information.’ says BPS digest in an article based on a research by Reeshad Dalal and Silvia Bonaccio.

In their recent research they showed that people show a strong preference towards advice that is given based on information, opposed to opinion. They concluded that 'individuals who are advising decision-makers should at the very least be careful to provide information along with their recommendations.'

Handy to know, isn’t it?
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