Do you "practice what you preach" or actually follow your own advice?

Yeah, I do actually. Granted, sometimes I have to remind myself, and sometimes I will be off on a negative tangent for quite a while before I even realize that it is a perfect opportunity to take my own advice, but in the end I practice exactly what I preach. That's why I preach it to begin with, because it works. But when I give advice it most often has more to do with a change of perspective than it has to do with physical actions. Which can often be a hard thing to accomplish when someone is embroiled in negative emotion and rigid with hardened beliefs that do not serve them well. The specific actions that I most often recommend are meditation... a few minutes every day spent quieting the mind can work wonders. I always recommend daily walks in nature, which is the best tranquilizer around. I recommend deep breathing, keeping the body hydrated, and looking for the positive aspects of ANY situation. And Yoga is an excellent tool for achieving balance and poise and a profound awareness of the body. And now it is confession time... I have only had one small glass of water today, and it is mid-afternoon, and I have not done any yoga in 3 days. Additionally, I have been procrastinating sitting down and making a list of all the things that I love (positive aspects of my life in general) for about a week now. It will have to wait a little longer though, because today I have to pick crab apples for jelly. Ciao for now.

I do practice what I preach often. But sometimes, I do have to take advice from others (especially at work). In that case, even if it is something I wouldn't advice if I was in their position...as long as it wasn't ethically wrong, I would do as they say. Besides where I have no choice than to follow someone's advice and not my own, most of the times, I do follow my own advice...because I give advice by putting myself in their shoes. I can't honestly say it's the right thing all the time because even if I put myself in their shoes...they are very different people and my advice might not be the right one.

I try to be because otherwise I feel hypocritical. But of course like every other person I sometimes fall short of this goal. The worst thing of course, is getting called out on being a hypocrite, especially by a younger person who is supposed to admire you because this could damage your relationship and how they view you.

I am a mom of three kids. And I should practice what I am teaching them. because they will question me afterwards if I don't. I should serve as a good example & follower for them.

I try to make informed and mature decisions on my own but occasionally when I give advice, it is "Do as I say, not as I do".. This advice is usually made only to my son, I don't think that anyone else wants to hear my advice.. I don't always follow the way of thinking that I should.. I try not to veer off course too far..

In all things except my diet yea, I practice what I preach. LOL I can tell anyone how to lose weight, and eat healthy. But making myself stick with it has been another issue entirely.

Ok, you have found me out I am a complete fraudster! I am good at giving out advice but when it comes to following the advice I give out, I fail every time, especially when it comes to relationships, I consider myself quite knowledgeable about relationships however whenever I give out advice I know damn well that the advice I give out I haven't or will not follow! I am thanked for my advice and it's down to the person whether they take it or not but sometimes I am left feeling now if I was to follow my own advice maybe I wouldn't be in the predicament I am in! I think it's far more easier to give advice to others than follow it yourself because you are on the outside looking in on another person and you are not running their life, they are so on that aspect giving advice is easy as they do all the risks and the changes which to you can seem like hard work but someone doing it well that's easy right?

All of my advice is conditional and as there is rarely two situations exactly the same, my advice and my actions frequently change on these conditions. But I give advice, because I think it is the best thing to do, and I always want to do the best thing, so I would follow my own advice. The problem comes with personal issues, since it is easier to see what to do when you are not emotionally involved.

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Aaarggghh! I give GREAT advice, and sometimes right after I give it, I follow my own advice .. for a while. But it's funny how it's always so clear what OTHER people should do with their lives, while I'm never sure what I should do with mine! Even if somebody is in practically the exact same situation as I am, I can tell them what they ought to do and then I don't do it myself! CRAZY? Yes, you might say it's crazy. HUMAN? I think so .. it's our nature. Or at least, it's mine!