Whenever you talk to someone, have a pen and a piece of paper ready. Take notes. That'll increase people's willingness to help tenfold. Most people who could b

Whenever you talk to someone, have a pen and a piece of paper ready. Take notes. That'll increase people's willingness to help tenfold. Most people who could benefit from an advice end up not just ignoring what they are told, but arguing from the position of ignorance. Hence most people who could give a useful advice keep quiet. Unless they can clearly see they are being listened to, then they talk.