#1 Tip for life: Observe more, express less
Before you speak, listen. Before you react, think.
Indeed, a remarkable quote goes as: “Empty vessels make the most noise”. Noting down to the jotters, trust me on this one, a person’s agility is judged on her behavior. Intelligence is judged at in-person meetings (pre-pandemic times)on characteristics that include actions, reactions, how one starts a conversation, how one ends a conversation, gestures, eye movement etc., that hit observers’ acumen directly. Except for family members, old friends or a partner, it does not matter how much a person may deny but enough of a proportion of judgement remains intact. After all, humans remain human beings with the preconceived tendency of coming to conclusion while staying far away from reality. At least until AI fully takes over, impersonal communication skills are a must.
Yatharth Geeta states, the Uniform Dharm Principles, the third one says about the two types of human beings; Divine or Devil, good and bad to be very precise. This goes as, that a person can be characterised as Divine(Good) whose heart is dominated by noble traits or as Devil(Bad) dominated by evil traits. But people look like people, faces do not tell about what is in the heart, so how to know which person fits into which one of the two? The answer is communication.