I think we completely agree on what good advice is, and I think I see where I was missing something before. "You can do it" is not advice per se, it's encourag

I think we completely agree on what good advice is, and I think I see where I was missing something before. "You can do it" is not advice per se, it's encouragement. If I am already doing it, or I intend to, or I am trying to or failing, or I am about to quit or not start, "you can do it" helps me not lose hope. It's not technical or directional, it's uplifting. "Someone cares" can be enough to turn my day around when I am on the knife's edge of success and failure. Then I can do what I already know needs to be done. Thanks for your views on how to give good advice, I think they are quite useful.