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The reason you don't give unsolicited advice is not because people don't deserve it (points 1 & 2 in the article) but because if they didn't ask for it then the
by heptathorp 11y ago
The reason you don't give unsolicited advice is not because people don't deserve it (points 1 & 2 in the article) but because if they didn't ask for it then they probably aren't prepared to act on your advice; or they don't view the subject of your advice as a problem; or they are already fully aware of your advice but a bigger issue is blocking them; or due to some other information that you don't have so you don't fully understand their problem and they resent your assumptions about their problem.