2926: New Research Suggests You Suck At Giving Advice (Especially If You Think You're Good At It) by Margo Aaron

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🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2926: Margo Aaron reveals why your eagerness to give advice might be making you insufferable. A high CATB (Chomping At The Bit) score indicates you're more focused on speaking than actually helping. This breakdown of the four worst advice-givers and a three-step formula to lower your CATB score will help you become a better listener and, paradoxically, a more effective source of wisdom. Sometimes, the best advice is no advice at all. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.thatseemsimportant.com/behavior-change/catb-score-giving-advice/ Quotes to ponder: "Every time you want to say something, don’t." "If you’re talking more than you’re listening then you’re doing this wrong." "Someone who is genuinely great at giving advice is invisible." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.8	This is Optimal Health Daily. New research suggests you suck at giving advice, especially if you think
1:07.2	you're good at it. By Margo Aaron of That Seems Important.com, and I'm Dr. Neal.
1:12.8	Hey there, and welcome to another extra Sunday episode where I like to provide a little
1:17.5	peek into our other shows, this time from optimal relationships daily.
1:22.7	But it definitely overlaps with some of the health-related content I read to you on this show.
1:28.3	This episode is all about giving advice and how you might want to go about it, which can be
1:33.4	helpful when trying to motivate others to, say, work out or choose healthier meals.
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