2006-08-26 01:19:07 · 14 answers · asked by Musetta K 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
i believe that sometimes i am aware of my problem and how to work on it but somehow and for some reasons i am not working on it but i would certainly offer it to somebody else who might at this point benefit from it more than me... i think it's a matter of sharing what u know even if u dont apply it to urself..
2006-08-26 01:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Nas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's so much easier to see the answer in someone Else's problems. When we have our own problem it seems to be so complex that we can't follow our own advice. We look at this way," well yeah I know I told so and so they should do this. My problem may be very similar to so and so but not the same. Mine is so much worse." Of course it has nothing do with the problem being worse or more complex it's the way we let things effect us. My problem are going to be personal. Somebody Else's problem I can be neutral because it doesn't effect me in the same way.
Seems silly but I think for the most part this fits most people and it is a normal human behavior.
2006-08-26 01:34:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's called being human. As human beings, we're wired to be on the defensive. So when someone gives advice, the first thing we do is slap up a wall. "He/She should follow their own advice". Heck, I'm guilty of saying it. But you have to stop and consider the advice. Will the advice put me in a better place? If so, then take it. When the time comes, you can give the other person advice. Whether they take it is up to them, and vice versa.
2006-08-26 01:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by Nuseed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is kind of like the old adage, "physician, heal thyself." It is very easy to examine someone else's life, problems, accomplishments, etc. and come up with a perfectly good explanation for how things happened. Examining our own self, though, tends to require painful introspection and sometimes we must admit that we were actually at fault. Shudder the thought! LOL
2006-08-26 01:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by Beth B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually its not because they dont want to follow their advise but its more that they are so muddled they cant see clearly what actions to take so this giving of advise becomes a therapy for most of them... lets accept that most people cannot think clearly when their emotions are involved however when asked with a similar problem involving a different person then everything becomes clearer to them because they were able to view the problem in a different perspective...
2006-08-26 01:28:19 · answer #5 · answered by sen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a matter of perspective. We don't see that the advice we give for someones problem applies to us...because at the time, we're not trying to solve one of OUR problems, we're looking at someone else's.
Edit: Here's another thought that just occurred to me. Often times I tell my kids not to do something or eat something and they say, "Why, you do." I tell them, "Because I'm older and I'm not growing anymore. You are still growing and you need better things now for your bodies." People care more for other people than they do themselves.
2006-08-26 01:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 00:28:07 · answer #7 · answered by kinjorski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a simple fact my friend: that people the world over: are a lot more willing to 'Give' advice, than they are 'Willing' to take & 'Accept' it!!!
Also: many people have no problem with ‘Believing’ the ‘Good/Great’ advice given: will work for you… but that it would no way on earth work for them… even if it was they who gave it!!
God Bless.
2006-08-26 01:33:07 · answer #8 · answered by englands.glory 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just knowing that you oughta take your own advice doesn't make it easy to do so. That doesn't mean you don't know it's the right advice, or that you shouldn't offer it to someone else.
2006-08-26 01:45:00 · answer #9 · answered by Katia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People love to give advice,seems no one is brave enough to ask the giver why they are not following their own advice.
2006-08-26 01:42:12 · answer #10 · answered by Queen Mother 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋