I think its a fair enough question, didn't see it as rude at all (not sure if the last post was towards me)
Does it work in the sense of do people take it? If i can tap into an underlying need(s) and hone in on solutions to address that, then I'm more successful than not. I've have plenty, PLENTY of people make what I would consider poor decisions, but its totally their call to make.
Does it work, in the sense of quality of advice? I'm biased, but I think so..I'm not reinventing the wheel, and usually veer away from abstract/philosophical conversations...for a lot of people's situations there's a semilogical progression from point a to point b, and sometimes they just aren't aware. A lot of that quality of advice comes with experience and age, learning what questions to be asking, and some of it from just keeping your skills up to date