1. Be quick to listen, slow to speak.
2. Replace judgement with understanding.
3. Ask before assuming anything.
4. Imagine everyone as your dearest family member.
(And remember, they are someone else's dearest family member.)
5. When someone makes a mistake, remember your own mistakes.
6. Be willing to forgive as often as you have sought forgiveness.
7. Expect nobody to be any more perfect than you are.
8. Don't put anyone on a pedestal. Instead, put them in your heart.
(It's easy to fall off a pedestal, it's hard to fall out of a heart.)
9. Be vunerable. There is no greater strength than letting go of power.
10. Smile more.
-TM
(Written by a student, not an expert)
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