{"id":2091,"date":"2016-07-20T00:15:37","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T08:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2016-07-19T08:28:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:28:35","slug":"giving-family-financial-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/giving-family-financial-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Family Financial Advice: Should You Do It?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the years my opinion on helping friends and family by dishing out financial advice has completely changed.<\/p>\n
After I straightened out my money situation and felt firsthand how my stress melted away and my confidence grew, I couldn\u2019t help but want to share my newfound knowledge with everyone. The problem seemed to be that despite my efforts nobody wanted to listen.<\/p>\n
Giving family financial advice is one area that can backfire. Here\u2019s what to do instead.<\/p>\n
One of the worst ways to go about helping someone is to negatively judge them. This is will only make that person defensive and have even less of a desire to take your advice.<\/p>\n
Accept the fact that you have no control over this person\u2019s actions and judging them will only put a strain on your relationship.<\/p>\n
At the end of the day it can be hard to know someone is setting themselves up for financial ruin. But there\u2019s also more to life than money. If you want to keep your relationship you need to push your judgements aside.<\/p>\n