"How can you give agenda-free advice?

1. Don't give any advice. If someone asks for advice, have them describe their challenge. Then think of a challenge that you have directly experienced. Tell the person what you faced, what you did, and how it turned out. Usually people don't want advice anyway. They want to know what you have seen, what you have faced — and what you did and how that worked out. They don't want your advice. They want you to share your experience.

2. If you have to give advice, still don't. Ask questions. Then, when you get answers, question the answers. Keep asking questions. Let the other person come to their own conclusions. That's better, because the other person will own the answers, rather than thinking that you gave too much direction."

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