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Harvard too helped Hax hone her natural skills of observing people. She credits the University with giving her valuable people experience. “It was great living among all kinds of people,” she explains, “I spent lots of time with them, even at times when I should have been at class. And that is the beauty of life at Harvard, there are people from all walks of life who are very gifted at expressing themselves. Not everybody is as good at articulating. Ideas are brought up at dinner and batted around...
...Hax, writing an advice column is not about micromanaging others’ problems. She sees her role as more of an observer who can use her distance to provide perspective. “There are really only two services that I can provide. One is to access the situation from a distance and the other is to suggest to people what they actually can do. I have to remind people that you can’t just rush in and save a friend. You can’t change things you don’t control...
...Hax, despite her popularity, remains humble about her talents. “I do not really have any qualifications at all,” she insists. “I don’t presume to know everything. I am just a person slugging it out like everyone else. I am no different than anyone and that has been the whole attitude of the column from the beginning...
This adviser role comes naturally to Hax. As she explains, “I grew up in a pretty big family and [with them] and with my groups of friends, I have always been a side character. I gravitate to the edge and watch and comment...
...advice columnist, Hax has a laid-back approach to her work. She speaks glibly about her job, “I don’t really have any system. I just got through my inbox and keep reading till somebody particularly angry, bright, funny or with an interesting outlook on life provokes me. I look for somebody who is asking the question in a different manner because so many of the questions I get all sound the same...