Conversations

“The right conversations with the right people are priceless.”

That person that means a lot to you, tell them.

That thought that has been festering in your mind for days, tell someone.

Those feelings that you didn’t think anyone else shared, say them out loud.

A younger version of me would resort to writing something down where I was the only person who would ever see it. Years later I would look back and see what I wrote and wish I had said it.

YOU REGRET NOT DOING MORE THAN DOING.

So I decided to start just saying those things.

I’ve been lucky enough to have enough great conversations with enough great people where I feel like I can. The only way you will ever find these people is by testing the waters.

If it seems like they are somebody you could share something with, say it and see how they react. Typically if you want to say something, it is better you do anyway.

The amount I have grown as a person has been greatly multiplied by a few key conversations I have had in my life.

THE BEST CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN WHEN YOU DON’T EXPECT THEM TO.

I often think that what I think doesn’t need to be heard, in fact, for years I didn’t think I needed to say much more than what I thought people wanted to hear. I was just any other person who said what people want to hear.

People don’t think twice about what you say unless it’s:

•Not what they expected to hear

•Different than anything they’ve heard before

I’ve tried to be one of these two options.

The more I say that makes people think, the more they remember me.

Offer a different viewpoint if you can, but don’t be argumentative with it. Just offer it innocently as your own opinion. That way people won’t be quick to counter it and will just hear it for what it is.

At this point of my life, I have been able to distinguish the people who are able to have those impactful conversations with me, so I seek them out.

I know that if those conversations are beneficial to me, they most likely are to the other party.

DEEP CONVERSATIONS HAVE MADE ME WHO I AM.

I would walk all day if I could just stay in that conversation forever.

You don’t realize the things that really impact your life til they’re over.

Don’t be afraid, say what’s on your mind.

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Thank you for reading!

My goal is to inspire self-improvement in others through my personal stories and experiences.

This is The Exploration.