Good Traits
phoebe added 12d ago
- People with very high expectations have very low resilience
sari added 3mo ago
A biographer of the novelist E. M. Forster wrote, “To speak to him was to be seduced by an inverse charisma, a sense of being listened to with such intensity that you had to be your most honest, sharpest, and best self.” Imagine how good it would be to be that guy.
from How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
sari added 4mo ago
- I spent the last month trying to answer the impossible question: What makes someone likable? Below, I break down 9 techniques that will help you dial up the charisma in your everyday life:
phoebe added 4mo ago
- I know that being silly is a gift. You un-taboo silliness for everyone around you.
phoebe added 4mo ago
Underrated: people who make you believe that anything is possible.
sari added 4mo ago
"Remember that buying s**t is not the same as having swag. Remember that having cool interests beyond cool clothes, and doing good deeds besides putting together sick outfits (which, to be clear, is a good deed), will make your clothes look better on you"
h/t BLKBRD_Spyplane
sari added 4mo ago
- A kind person will help you understand reality as it is, prompt you to reflect, and nudge you to fine-tune your position till you get to a place where your resolution is helpful for you. A nice person will tell you what feels good - and often what you think you want to hear at that time - even if it doesn’t help you move past that situation.
A kind ... See morefrom Kinda Nice by Damola Morenikeji
sari added 5mo ago
Boldness
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