Can we talk about how the best talks are the ones where nobody gives advice? | Conversations That Changed Me

Henry Perry · 2026-09-30T08:15:03.509038+00:00

Last month my buddy Rob sat with me in his garage in Tulsa for two hours while my marriage was falling apart, and he barely said a word the whole time. I kept waiting for him to tell me what to do, but he just handed me a wrench and let me talk while we took apart his old lawn mower. I used to think real friends gave you answers, but I've started to think that's wrong. Rob never once gave me advice that night, and it did more for me than a year of people telling me what I should do. Has anyone else had a talk like that, where the silence did the work?

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