How to stop your urge to give advice from ruining conversations
In short: We all possess an internal 'advice monster' that emerges during discussions to offer premature suggestions. This video explores how these well-intentioned impulses can actually solve the wrong problems and disempower others.
Writer and teacher Michael Bungay Stanient examines the pitfalls of instinctive advice-giving. He explains how jumping to solutions can undermine the person you are attempting to assist and suggests a simple questioning technique to maintain curiosity and strengthen professional and personal relationships.
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