Advice Column
1. Who is the person you trust most in your life? What makes this person so
trustworthy?
2. Which parent are/were you closer to: your mother or father? Why?
3. Parents are generalized to be more traditional while the next generation is a bit
more modernized. What issues in a person’s life should be considered in a more
traditional manner? In a more modernized manner?
4. If your significant other ever cheated on you, do you think that trust can be
repaired?
5. Besides infidelity, what is something that would cause your trust to be taken to
the “point of no return”?
6. Have you ever been “stabbed in the back” or betrayed? What happened?
7. Do you feel that you are a person that many people turn to in times of duress or
despair?
8. What is the best advice you have ever received?
9. What is the best advice you have ever received and regrettably, you did not listen
to?
10. What is the worst advice you have ever received?
11. Who do you talk to regarding professional issues in your life? Why is this person
so proficient with these kinds of issues?
12. Who do you talk to regarding personal issues in your life? Why is this person so
proficient with these kinds of issues?
13. Who is your “shoulder to cry on”?
14. Have you ever had a secret that you felt unable to profess to others? What is
keeping you from sharing this secret? Lack of trust? Embarrassment?
Ways of giving advice…
Should(n’t) __V__ = ought to __V__
If I were you, I’d __V__/I wouldn’t __V__ …
Why don’t you __V__ …
You had better __V__ = You’d better __V__...
Situations
Your friend has a new “fling”. After your friend has told you some much about
him/her, you finally meet this person. However, this fling is actually your ex.
What should you do?
You have been offered a fabulous job abroad. However, your family is very
traditional and you are depended on to support them. What should you do?
Your roommate (also your longtime friend) has been “mooching” off of you for
too long now. However, you don’t know how to “break the news” and tell
him/her to start “pitching in”. How should you do it?
You want to start up your own business but you need to pay off some people
(i.e. government officials) to get started. You don’t know if this is ethically
correct, what do you do?
You have just found out that your significant other has been cheating on you
with your best friend. Each person blames the other for “coming on to”
the other. How do you handle this situation and who do you trust, your best
friend or your girlfriend?
