Writers, we need to think before we fire.

Calling out the malpractice of professionals criticising the articles or beliefs of others to further their own careers, as writers or otherwise.

I usually do not have much regard for “Life Coaching” articles, advising us how to live our lives, though there are occasionally some gems amongst them that maybe we should take notice of.

Apparently they can be quite lucrative, with the capability of building swathes of followers.

But I am not a professional writer.

So I’ve always tried to avoid my writing coming across as “Advice”.

This article blatantly breaks that mold.

This is advice that if listened to, would make the world a distinctly better place;

When we read an article or comment by someone else, and feel an urge to reply with criticism, we should stop right there, and ask ourselves what is driving us. We should ask the question:

What is it in us, the reason that we want to make that reply?

If our aim is to expose someone else’s logic or belief that we think might be flawed, to show how clever we are, so that we might stand out as more knowledgeable to our followers and potential followers and thus improve our careers, without actually educating our audience on something which is important to the world, we should think again.