1) They do not try to elicit a strong emotional response from anyone they are holding a conversation with.
2) They do not speak in definitives about people, politics, or ideas.
3) They don’t immediately deny criticism, or have such a strong emotional reaction to it that they become unapproachable or unchangeable.
4) They do not confuse their opinion of someone for being a fact about them.
5) They never overgeneralize other people through their behaviors
6) They speak with precision.
7) They know how to practice healthy disassociation
8) They do not try to inform people of their ignorance.
9) They validate other people’s feelings.
10) They recognize that their “shadow selves” are the traits, behaviors, and patterns that aggravate them about others.
11) They do not argue with people who only want to win, not learn.
12) They listen to hear, not respond.
13) They do not post anything online they would be embarrassed to show to a parent, explain to a child, or have an employer find.
14) They do not consider themselves a judge of what’s true.
15) . They don’t “poison the well” or fall for ad hominem fallacy to disprove a point.
16) Their primary relationship is to themselves, and they work on it tirelessly.
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