When it comes to learning new skills, “quantity is better than quality.” Become a jack of all trades, and create your own unique skillset that separates you from everyone else.
Enemies can be our best teachers when it comes to self improvement. The enemy’s gift is a concept influenced by Buddhism. The core idea is that our enemies often give us rare opportunities to challenge ourselves and better ourselves.
One of the most important things to understand about your mind is that it is imperfect and prone to error. We can’t truly grow unless we admit that we don’t know everything, and that includes knowing yourself.
When you’re happy, it’s hard to understand those who are sad, and vice versa. We often don’t understand human behavior until we are in that situation and experiencing it first-hand. Psychologists calls this the “hot/cold” empathy gap.
While we can be our own worst critics, most people appreciate it when people are authentic and when they reveal something that makes them feel vulnerable.