Reframe it as Advice or Guidance

• Simply recognize that you’re feeling a particular way about something.
• Validae those emotions. A lot of times what we try to do when we’re feeling negative or stressed is we try to fight it. And really what you’re doing is creating what’s called a secondary emotion, and that judgm...

If you feel compelled to give direct advice, do it. 

Some friends truly want and need to hear your opinion. Honest feedback, even when it may be hard to hear, can be just the tonic they need. Emphasize that your friend can take your advice or leave it.

Negative feedback is a more important component of the feedback cycle than positive feedback. 92% of people say in a study that negative feedback improves workplace performance.

To do it right:

• Check how it will impact the individual
• Make it guidance or adv...