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How To Give Good Advice.
Byline: INTERVIEWS BY DANIELLE PERGAMENT, EMILY HSIEH, AND LIZ KRIEGER
Expert tips on how to give advice (without being annoying), be a well-dressed wedding guest, and more.
An Interview With Randy Cohen
Cohen writes The New York Times Magazine' s The Ethicist column and is the author of The Good, the Bad and the Difference (Broadway Books).
Samuel Johnson wrote that "few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice." When I began writing an advice column, I comforted myself that I would probably be ignored. But I've come to see that advice is really part of a conversation. If you can add clarity and help someone see a problem in a fresh way, you've done your job.
Listen up. What often helps the most is just to listen. People can work out so many issues by talking them throughyou needn't fill the conversation with possible solutions.
Think ahead. Consider the timing of your advice. If someone asks for your thoughts on her too-short haircut or a recently published novel, bear in mind what effect your opinion could have. Now probably isn't the time to say, "I don't think short hair suits you" or "The main character is unlikable." Instead, think about how to help ...
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- Magazine article from: Pensions & Investments Gottlieb, Jenna September 3, 2007 700+ words
...Gottlieb The next generation of investment advice for defined contribution participants is here. After years of offering advice focusing on the accumulation phase...planning to roll out specific investment advice to DC clients that will help them plan...
- Maintaining Legal Advice Privilege - Many Rivers to Cross.
- News wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing Lincoln, Barry Donnelly and Bruce J. January 21, 2004 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 28, 2005 700+ words
...that 401(k) participants enrolled in advice with managed account services save more...percent.* Schwab makes personalized advice with managed account services available...Services, Inc.** Schwab's Retirement Advice Indicators also reveal that participants...
