- Topics: [[Connection]] --- - It's common for practical advice to be met with pessimism. This isn't based on the efficacy of the advice, but the efficacy of the individual for what the advice is attempting to resolve. - Advice is rejected because it plainly answers why the individual may have failed - a failure perhaps they are not ready to face. - Even if the advice is unchanged, the efficacy of the advice depends on the readiness of the receiver. For them to accept the faults and attempt to move forward.