What happens if one disregards your advice?

In both personal and professional realms, we often find ourselves in the role of an advisor. In moments when others perceive us as wise, they seek our counsel. The perspectives we offer can significantly influence the recipient's future decisions and actions. Advice, therefore, is not just valuable; it is revered. Advising is a full time profession in the fields of counseling, law, or ministership where the person takes immense pride in giving advice, dispensing with vast reservoirs of knowledge...

Introspection: If you were introduced by someone

In social and professional situations, we get introduced to a variety of people by someone. It's networking. If your contact introduces you to someone, it may be for the benefit of you and the person introduced. This new contact may be helpful and beneficial in your personal life or professionally. You both are free to avail that advantage through the newly formed relationship.

Have you come across a situation where the prices are higher, but services are below average? A costly vacation booked for a week, turns out to be a substandard arrangement; or a romantic dinner booked with your husband on his promotion, gives...

It is actually very common to have something unique in every individual. Many of those characteristics might be acceptable, but a few might be specific to the person, and a bit weird. And that weird one is what makes us different, sometimes...

Sometimes we wonder how someone gets an innovative idea that revolutionises the world? Take an example of the discovery of a printing press or sewing machine. Or in the modern time, the invention of the computer or the World Wide Web. People...

Intelligent people are not averse to receiving criticism. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted." But some people do, and they take contradiction negatively.

'Why are you so serious? Smile a bit.' Have you come across such comments by someone? It happens that a person is in a blissful state of mind, sitting quietly when someone feels that he is sad. This occurs because people have a misbelief that...



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