From Illumination to Diminishment

Most people struggling emotionally don’t want someone to fix their pain, they went to feel understood.

Use Reflective listening. It means that when someone tells you something, you simply reflect back to them what they said, either literally or with your ow...

Social media gives people a platform and makes you more prone to seeing and learning that someone you know believes false ideas:

• Before you engage with someone to convince them that their claims are baseless, ask yourself what you’ll get out of it.
• If you’ve decided to en...

People always remember how you made them feel.

Taking the focus off of yourself and putting it on someone else can help others perceive you in a better light: make someone feel appreciated, find a point of commonality to bond over or share something interesting you’ve learned.