Which do you prefer? Seeking advise or Giving advise?

I prefer giving advice but it will depend on the given situation. If I can easily relate to the problem vthen I can give some pieces of advice. But listening to someone is a great way to help him or her solve their own problems.

Yes it is easy to give advice. Even though we try to put our feet on their shoe but if we are already in that situation, we apply how we solve the problem and share it to them. I was seeking advice here when i started, and try to apply it but it is really hard. I like giving advice and asking how they perceive my advice.

It's strange I find it very easy to give advice to friends and complete strangers as well as my friends here on Mylot, I am full of good ideas, advice and support but when it comes to myself I am absolutely hopeless, sometimes I feel like a hypocrite because I can give out positive information and advice to others and yet I am so negative when it comes to myself! I guess when you are looking at someone else's life it's a totally different prospective and you are looking from the outside, when it's yourself you have to look from the inside and that is a different ball game altogether.

well, i look at this way. if i can help i will, if i can find some good advice to give someone i would because thats who i am. i don't like to see people in pain or trouble and i'll always do my best to help. when i need someone, i'd hope that i'll get the same advice from others. i don't expect it all the time. in a way sometimes you can follow your own advice. in some cases you may know what to do but never follow through. just give what you can and when you receive, be greatfull. a cycle of helping others. if someone helps you out wouldn't you feel the need to help someone else? even if that person doesn't return the favor to you, if they help someone else out with their problems, things should be good.

I totally agree with it Jona.The easiest thing in life is giving advise. It is easy for us to give advise to friends or relative on some problems they face because we do not have the experience of facing the same sort of problem. If we are on the same situation someone else would be advising us because at that time our confidence level may be low or we may feel depressed or feel low.... So we won't be in a mood to think. I will not give advise to anyone unless I have experience of facing similar problems. Only then I could give the correct advise.

Oh yes, we are always happy to give other people advice but do we actually take it when we are in a similar position? Most likely, not! It really does depend what the subject matter is that we need information on as well as who is giving it!! Usually when it is of a personal (relationship) matter then we go to our nearest and dearest (either close friends or family). We weigh up all the responses and then do what we want to do, sometimes not even listening to the advice we have been given. But at least it is good to talk about it. That is certainly a major issue, don't lock in any problems that you may have.