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- Speak with [[Openness | sincerity and passion]].
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- Speak [slow](https://sive.rs/slow) and naturally. Your first reaction is usually outdated. Either it's an answer you came up with long ago and now use instead of thinking, or it's a knee-jerk emotional response to something in your past.
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- Say "I don't know" more.
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- Slow down when you are talking, don't try to play catch up between your mouth and your thoughts.
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- Aim to make liberal use of the _you_ pronoun.
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- No matter how correct you are, you won't get anywhere by making the other person feel stupid. Not being annoying is more important than being smart. Aim to make friends. [Friends are better than money. Almost anything money can do, friends can do better. In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat](https://kk.org/thetechnium/68-bits-of-unsolicited-advice/).
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- Ask for help instead of demanding it.