How to not be difficult

1. Stop one upping people

• Let people talk about themselves, their problems, their achievements and the things that matter to them without making it all about you (it is not all about you).

2. Be wrong more often

• You do not have to be right all the time and people do not have to be in agreement with you all the time. It is actually humanising/ humbling to be wrong sometimes. Try it.

3. Quit yelling/ threatening/ throwing adult tantrum

• Doing this probably got you what you wanted as a child. It will only alienate you/ get people to cut you off as an adult. Grow up and learn to communicate like an adult. 

4. Communicate without being confusing

• If there is something that you want/ need/ expect from someone, let them know gently/ as a request (without trying to enforce it). Quit expecting people to “get it” without ever letting them know.

5. Ditch being 'brutally honest' about everything 

• You do not actually need to say everything you think. And it is not your job to fix everything or call people out on  their behaviour or bullshit (this does not apply to bullying or abuse). As long as it is not harmful to you or anyone else, let things/ people really.