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Become the person that you would like to be around
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You don't build relationships talking about what you think. You build relationships by speaking yourself, and listening self; listening for the self there, not listening for the story there. If you listen for self, people will speak their selves. If you listen for crap, people will tell you their crap. If you listen for self, people will tell you
... See moreThis shift toward selective understanding creates space for deeper connections with people who actually see you—not the curated version, not the translated-for-comfort version, but the real, unfiltered you with all your contradictions and intensities intact. These relationships feel different. Less fragile. More honest.