Remember friends: -Challenging others on their takes is taken for granted, but challenging your own beliefs is too often forgotten.
-It will serve you better to gain understanding of the other person than to be right yourself.
-There is no shame in being wrong, only in refusing to learn.
-Being unwilling to consider fact-checks which contradict your beliefs, that is what keeps you from being an understanding person.
-Discovering your takes were wrong and being willing to challenge your beliefs, that is what allows you to grow as a person, to become a kinder version of yourself.
-It's natural to feel lost or lousy at that time. Try turning your energy toward curiosity.
-All people have biases. Biases tend to be held so strongly that they blind us to alternatives. The beauty of keeping an open, rational, scientific mindset is that when one of your biases is proven wrong, you're more willing to look at the evidence, see that you're wrong, and improve by adopting another truth into your mindset. But it's really hard to do.
-Get comfortable saying "I should do some more research before I argue this point." Get comfortable saying "I hadn't thought about it like that."
-The beautiful thing about your mind is that you can change it. May you have the courage to break the patterns in your life that are no longer serving you.
