Well, I am a kind of person who doesn’t like to advise people a lot because I believe that in today’s world, everyone wants to do things in their own way and people hardly pay heed to advice given to them. In fact, I only give advice to someone if they ask me for it. Otherwise, I refrain from giving it for free. However, today I’d like to talk about a time when I advised one of my friends about what career option is the best for him. I remember it was almost two years back. My friend Olock had just completed his secondary education and he was really confused about what subjects he should choose so that he can have a bright future ahead. Part of his dilemma was deciding between commerce and arts subject because he was really good at arts and literature. But then he also wanted to run his own business in the future. He was having a very hard time in deciding what was best for him. So he approached me for my recommendation as he knew that I had done a lot of research on the same. But before giving any advice, I asked him to create a list of pros and cons of both the options and think hard about what he was more passionate about. He said that he liked arts a lot but at the same time he wanted to earn a lot of money so that he could travel the world. I then explained to him that all the famous people in the world have one thing in common that they truly followed their passion. I also told him that if he could become the best in his field, then the money would follow automatically and he would be able to fulfill his travel dreams. Finally, after careful deliberation, he followed my advice and now he has recently completed his higher secondary education and he always thanks me for helping him to make the right choice.
Band 8+: Describe a time when you gave advice to someone
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Well, I am the kind of person who doesn't like to advise people a lot because I believe that in today's world, everyone wants to do things in their own way, and people hardly pay heed to advice given to them. In fact, I only give advice to someone if they ask me for it. Otherwise, I refrain from giving it for free. However, today I'd like to talk about a time when I advised one of my friends about what career option was best for him. I remember it was almost two years ago. My friend Olock had just completed his secondary education, and he was really confused about what subjects he should choose to have a bright future ahead. Part of his dilemma was deciding between commerce and arts because he was really good at arts and literature. But then he also wanted to run his own business in the future. He was having a very hard time deciding what was best for him. So he approached me for my recommendation, as he knew that I had done a lot of research on the same. But before giving any advice, I asked him to create a list of pros and cons for both options and think hard about what he was more passionate about. He said that he liked arts a lot, but at the same time, he wanted to earn a lot of money so that he could travel the world. I then explained to him that all the famous people in the world have one thing in common: they truly followed their passion. I also told him that if he could become the best in his field, then the money would follow automatically, and he would be able to fulfill his travel dreams. Finally, after careful deliberation, he followed my advice, and now he has recently completed his higher secondary education, and he always thanks me for helping him make the right choice.
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