Ben Gilbert: belief

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…Yes. That's just me. I don't know if everybody has that. I think mine is a thing that I'm still working on, but the amount that I have done it has dramatically improved my life. Be more present, be a better listener. The answer is almost always tune in more to the person that you're talking to and really understand them. I think listen harder is usually the way to better understand what someone else around you wants. It's often not what they're saying. It's what they're feeling. My therapist regularly uses the phrase, it's about the feelings, not the content. If you can figure out how to be present, listen better, and meet someone else at their feelings level, you don't even have to make their feelings feel better because they might feel fine, but how do I tune into you emotionally and not try to just have a conversation about the content you're saying? You're much more likely to both have a positive outcome and have a better rest of your day. Dude, you're going to crush parenting.…

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