@tathagatorc.bsky.socialYou can win an argument and lose a relationship. Prove a point and destroy trust. Defend your ego and miss the truth.
Being right is an achievement.
Knowing when being right isn't worth the price is a different kind of intelligence.
@tathagatorc.bsky.socialWe spend enormous energy protecting our reputation from people who have already decided what they think of us.
Meanwhile, the people who matter are watching how we behave when nobody is watching.
Character has no PR department.
@tathagatorc.bsky.socialWe have never had more ways to communicate.
Yet misunderstandings have never been easier.
Perhaps communication was never about having more words.
It was about having more willingness to listen.
@tathagatorc.bsky.social#thinkingdownthedrain #ThursdayMusing
The strange thing about advice...
People often give you the answer they needed when they were living through a completely different question.
Listen to advice.
But don't outsource your context.