When you face a difficult problem in life, what do you feel is the best way to solve it?
a. asking someone with more experience for advice about the problem
b. finding information about the problem using the Internet
c. taking a long time to think about the problem
Use specific details and examples in your answer. Do not use memorized examples.
TASK RESPONSE.
Difficult problems are part of life, but it all comes down to how individual people suffocate them so as to have a better life. Personally, there are reasons why when faced with a serious dilemma, it would evoke consultation or advice from an older or a more experienced person about it.
Importantly, the biggest percentage of concerns we face have been faced by people before or are being faced by others who might have a worthy solution than we do. This is the reason I partake seeking advice from an older person might be worthwhile, because they might have run into such grave problems and could have waded through with ease. Experience is the best teacher, so they say, thus a person who has gone through a serious problem I am facing should have the best experience that can be of help. One salient example is when I was to choose what subjects to take at secondary. I liked arts most however, everyone was like science are trendy and would offer better jobs. I however talked to my uncle, who gave me a vivid example of himself choosing what others had recommended without considering his ability. He failed miserably, now working as a casual laborer. I opted for arts in which I excelled.
Still important, when we talk to people especially the old, though they might not have gone through the same problem, they are blessed with wider cycles of knowledgeable friends from whom they can consult. I personally have friends of the same age and basically are blind to many important issues of life just like I am. In this case, their help would be either the same as I have or quite useless. I deem an older person would have friends to talk to about my problem, friends that can have better solutions that the ones I have. Just like the example in the preceding paragraph, my uncle not only gave me good personal advice, but talked to other friends of his who surely consented to what he already had in mind. He gave me examples of such friends and attributed their success in life to making personal decisions basing on their interests and cognitive ability at school. It is no wonder the friends he referred to are all successful, he is among the very few who I should say never succeeded that much as they are because he veered from what his ability could accord.
In sum, I would talk to someone who has experience in life, especially the old, because they have been through what I am facing or can get the best advice from others.