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I abide by these principles precisely. Didn’t always. I have a couple extras.

6. On the rare chance I offer advice without being asked, I always frame it as “here’s what I learned the hard way. Do you mind if I tell you how I screwed up in a similar situation?”

7. And then I hasten to tell the other party I won’t be offended if they ignore what I said. Unless it’s the fact that Scarlett Johansson deserved a much much better script for the Black Widow movie and deserves a Mulligan, which is an undeniable fact.

Mostly though I just listen because people almost never actually want advice, but they’re often in need of a good listener.



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