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Consider your weaknesses

Consider your weaknesses
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  • Don’t get carried away and ruin someone else’s day because you had a rough day or didn’t sleep well. Moreover, consider your weaknesses and be as forgiving and accepting of others as you are of yourself.

  • When you feel like others made a mistake, think how you might have done or almost did the same thing in your past. It’ll help you understand others, and you’ll be able to cut them some slack. Accept others but also your flaws so that no one can use them against you.

  • We all think that we are doing the right thing or our intentions were right, and we’ll find a way to justify our actions. Similarly, you might not know what anyone else is going through or has been through, so there is no point in judging them. Remember that no one is perfect and empathy is a superpower.

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Written by Garv Chawla · Stoic of the Day
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