Being a Hypocrite is Easy

If you have ever been in a position where you have the chance to influence peoples' behavior through your advice, you know what I am talking about. (I'm looking at you, parents.) It is undeniably easy to shell out perfect advice and they go on your merry way to do exactly the opposite of what you just told everyone else to do. It is also undeniably annoying when you find out that someone is being a hypocrite. There is nothing worse than someone who encourages you to work hard while sitting on their butt all day doing nothing.
Part of the struggle I have encountered while creating this blog is not being a hypocrite. Here I am, giving out life advice, not realizing how much of this advice I routinely ignore. But this hypocrite thing is something I have been working on all my life and I do believe that I have improved. So here are some reasons why you don't want to be a hypocrite even though it is easier.

1. People will be more likely to respect your opinion.
• It is a well known fact that no one respects a hypocrite.
2. People will actually follow your advice.
• If people respect what you say, they'll listen to you. You also will be doing more than simply hand out advice, you will be leading by example.
3. You will be more likely to give out good advice. 
• If you look at your advice from a perspective of "is this something I'm capable of," you are less likely to give out advice that is impossible to follow or way too complicated.

Hopefully we can all learn from this blog and stop being hypocrites together.