I think this is really good advice. I'm very logical guy and so when people would come to me with a problem I would try to solve it. One of two things would always happen though, either the person would stop coming to me with their problems or I would become exasperated with them and stop wanting to listen to their problems. Eventually I realized that no matter how good of a solution you have to someone's problem it's still totally unhelpful if they're not in a place where they can hear that.
Eventually I realized that no matter how good of a solution you have to someone's problem it's still totally unhelpful if they're not in a place where they can hear that.
Exactly. But they usually will want to hear your suggestion when they feel you really understand their problem. There's a good chance that your original solution will change when you understand their problem more deeply. Things are more complicated than they first seem and there's always a back story. Thanks for your comment.