Rule 9: Assume the person you're listening to knows something you don't
You want to enter into a conversation so that you come out wiser than you went in.
Figure out what winning the argument really means. Winning when you're wrong is a really bad idea because then you think you’re right, and you’re not.
You might want to listen because there is the possibility that they’re trying to tell you how to not run headlong into a brick wall.
You would rather not run headlong into a brick wall if you don’t have to.
That’s the idea with the conversation.
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Some of these rules, namely 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12, are truly transforming my life. As young adults, it is easy to feel so disorganized, to feel lost, and without anything concrete to grasp. These rules, or more worldview suggestions, offer me something that I can firmly believe in and test out in my very real, chaotic life. After all, these ideas are someone's antidote to chaos. And now, some of them are mine. I hope you can find them as useful as I have!
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