<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Advice offered before understanding often solves... > Advice offered before understanding often solves the advisor's discomfort instead of the speaker's problem. Listen long enough to learn whether the person needs information, witness, collaboration, challenge, or simple companionship. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Discipline of Genuine Listening - Workbook|The Discipline of Genuine Listening]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Advice offered before understanding often solves the advisor's discomfort instead of the speaker's problem. Listen long enough to learn whether the person needs information, witness, collaboration, challenge, or simple companionship.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-advice-offered-before-challenge-simple-companionship ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->