How do you respond to unwanted advice?
How do you respond to unwanted advice?
cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/3848527
from a, a coworker and b, a manager.
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Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
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That's certainly an advisable way to look at it.
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"k."
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Depends how good the advice is.
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I generally listen and compare it to what I do.
If it's useless, I silently feel smug and superior. If there's something good, then I try to take it onboard.
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One of:
- Thank you and if good learn somthing. Asquestions.
- I know, if I know this.
- I do not want to hear it, if it is repetative garbage.
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First you should ask yourself why you would not want advice.
Which results in: a) accept and implement advice OR b) prove the advice wrong
Polite: “Thanks.”
Less polite: “Thank you for your feedback.”
My fave: “UNSUBSCRIBE”
All work best when voiced audibly.