302 | The Advice Epidemic

The Minimalists Podcast

• Episode: 302 | The Advice Epidemic
• Website: The Minimalists Podcast
• Feed URL: http://theminimalists.libsyn.com/rss
• Duration: 00:43:11
• Published: 2021-08-24 11:17

Joshua and Ryan discuss our escalating advice epidemic as our society swells with scores of well-meaning people advising other people on what they are supposed to do, and they answer the following questions:

What are ‘shoulds’? (00:00)

What possesses some people to insist on giving others unsolicited advice? (03:13)

How can we provide appropriate advice and/or guidance to loved ones to alter behaviors that are impacting us negatively? (17:46)

How do our expectations complicate things? (21:14)

How do we critically evaluate all the ‘shoulds’ out there and take what works for each of us? (23:34)

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