The Art of Asking for Advice: The Setup
Transcript:
Asking for advice can sometimes help us clarify the direction we want to go. It can also often make us defensive, angry, and confused! I’m Dan Hansen and this is a Minute at RepcoLite.
I see it all the time on social media. Someone posts a picture of the kitchen cabinets in their home along with a couple different color swatches and asks the masses: what do you think’s the best color for my kitchen?
Some people pick one, others pick the other. But then people start pouring in with their own selected color swatches and photos. The opinions pile up and then another vocal group chimes in, wondering why you’d paint all that beautiful oak in the first place! Then you’re defending your choice to paint the oak, or you’re questioning it . . . and the wheels come off. A simple question has mushroomed into something else.
And it’s not just online that this happens. Anytime we ask for opinions, we should be prepared for this kind of response. Next time we’re going to start working our way through a few steps to take to make sure that the next time you ask for advice, you–and the advice givers you ask–get the most out of the process. I’m Dan Hansen and that’s a Minute at RepcoLite.
