Let Your Advice Be Soft

Motivational Power Quote


Let Your Advice Be Soft


“Advice is like snow;
the softer it falls,
the longer it dwells upon,
and the deeper it
sinks into, the mind.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Let your advice be soft.

Let your advice fall gently for the highest and lasting impact.

Hard advice can be perceived as demanding and can fall on deaf ears. Hard advice will be seen as confrontational and can cause a breakdown in a relationship and in your communication.

Soft advice is seen as conversation and is open for discussion.

Both parties can see the advantage of the soft advice. The longer the person considers the advice, the more the advice will be considered. At that point the advice becomes far more likely to be followed freely.

The person receiving soft advice is likely to accept the advice and the person giving the advice will be seen as an advocate.

®2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Executive Coach, Trainer, Coach and Author