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Choiceology · August 26, 2024 · 33m
Your Own Advice: With Guests Angela Duckworth, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler & Mike Mangini
How giving advice can benefit the giver as much or more than the receiver. Research shows that the act of advising others activates motivation, crystallizes knowledge, and increases the advisor's own follow-through.
Highlights
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Giving advice increases the giver's motivation more than receiving advice
Duckworth: research shows that people who give advice on a topic (e.g., studying, saving money) subsequently perform better on that topic than people who receive advice. The act of advising activates self-generated motivation that external advice cannot.•
The saying-is-believing effect — articulating a position makes you believe it more
Duckworth: when you verbalize advice, you convince yourself of your own wisdom. The saying-is-believing effect means that the act of articulating a principle strengthens your commitment to it more than passively agreeing with the same principle.