How to Give Better Advice When Someone Asks You For Help

In Chapter 15 of 20 in her 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, social entrepreneur Courtney Spence answers "How Have You Learned to Give Better Advice When People Ask You For Help?" Spence finds giving pause when someone asks her a question is a useful first step. By taking time to answer, she is able to better formulate a response and more fully understand context behind why the person is asking her for help. Social entrepreneur and storyteller Courtney Spence founded 501c3 nonprofit Students of the World (SOW) to shine a light on progress and celebrate the world's problem solvers. She is building a movement of next-generation storytellers and creative activists through the SOW program The Creative Activist Network. Spence is a graduate of Duke University.