When possible, I try to use communication to help people. I try to talk about things that I know about so that that information can be of use to people. I try to structure my conversations so that they lead people to figure things out. I try to compliment people.
The things you know about and the things you need are often very far apart.
Practice at helping people isn’t practice at asking for help. Those are different conversational methods.
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