How hard can it be to take your own Advice?

When it comes to giving advice, I love it! In fact its more than that, I get no better feeling than hearing those great words “what would you do Col?”

My advice over the years has become renowned for its brutal honesty; I have always believed that if you ask for my opinion on a specific matter, I will  assume that you really wish to know what my opinion is? Surely if you didn’t, you wouldn’t have asked?

Here’s my first piece of advice, if you have a fat arse, please don’t ask me “does my bum look big in this” if you just wanted me to bullshit you into feeling good. 

Now, here’s the problem, I can’t take my own advice, even when I know that the advice would really improve a situation. If I could practice what I preach (on many a level) I would be the person I always wanted to become.

Just writing this down and reading it back to myself is making me feel like a hypocritical two faced knob.

Take this for an example; I’m slightly overweight, I repeat SLIGHTLY!! I know that I would just feel great if I shed a couple of pounds. If you came to me with the same predicament, I would have you focus on the end product, “how great would feel if you lost the weight” I’d ask you. I would recommend that you journal your weight loss so you can see the progress, and so on…….

Me, I see this

So, the best piece of advice I could offer anybody including ME is to take your own advice, use what you have inside you and practice what you preach. Your self-belief with rocket into another dimension.

Try it tomorrow, I will.