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Another perspective: you don't need to give any advice. You simply listen. Many times people need to hear themselves say something so they can work through it on their own. That is how they grow. We don't need to respond. We don't need to rescue. And we most certainly don't need to fix anything.
Listening is huge. It opens the mind to look at a situation from other perspectives without inserting your own biases, and it permits the person to do the same. And if a person is stuck, you can try to rescue. Be my guest. Let me know how that works for you. Bottom line is that the person needs to figure this out. It also gives you an opportunity to reflect on your own part in a situation and you grow as well.
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"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision." Bertrand Russell, The Triumph of Stupidity
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