The Problem with Always Being Right

I have a problem. I'm pretty much always right. (With everything... except my own personal stuff. I'm terrible with myself personally.) But advise-wise, therapy-wise, self-improvement wise, motivational-wise, careerwise-- it's the rare case when I'm not 100% right. On the money. And on the rare chance I am wrong-- I admit it and learn from my mistake!

The problem is when friends or whoever are having an issue they usually don't wanna take my advice!! They listen and agree! But they don't change! It's very frustrating for me because I am so super right 99.9% of the time! My high level of expert advice is like handing keys to the kingdom in every conversation-- and sometimes people throw them over their shoulder into the sewer! Kerplunk! Right in my face! Disregarding my perfect advice!

I'm even always right about stuff I have no right to even talk about! Advising people about how to raise their kids properly! Stuff like that! But I know! I've raised a very good dog by using a good combination of discipline and love and I think that applies to children too. What's the difference really? Dogs! Kids! The attitude is correct! The advice is right!

And if someone is having relationship or marital problems I'm always there with dead-on advice. I tell people exactly how to get their woman in line or how to create balance in a relationship! Even though I've never been married nor had a 100% normal relationship-- I know what's right! Always! Career-wise too! When I was a corporate guy I would screw up constantly! I was never a great employee! At least that's what I tell myself! I even present things in a non-know-it-all way! Usually! Sometimes!

Maybe I should just stay out of people's lives because they're apparently just gonna do what they do! And maybe people just don't wanna really listen or change! With chicks I'm sometimes told that I'm just supposed to listen and nod-- and not try and fix their problem! But I can't help it! It seems selfish to hoard my mad advice skills! Am I just supposed to listen and not chime in? Not speak the truth? Am I supposed to shut up support bad decisions? I don't know. (Maybe I'm just a know it all jerk who doesn't understand that he doesn't know everything).

I'd advise myself how to handle this situation.... but I'm the worst at giving advice... to myself! (Case in point: I advised myself to write about this in the first place.)

ok bye!

tOdd

PS. Yes people do listen to me sometimes and I do listen to people too.