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Posts by Dave-Munger

Dave Munger is a software user interface designer living and working in Chicago. In his spare time he screws things up and learns a lot from fixing them. It’s a hobby. He recently launched his own blog at inneryonder.com.

Listen Instead of Correcting Others: What We Gain and Give

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“When you judge another, you do not define them. You define yourself.” ~Wayne Dyer

I have a tendency to want to show off what I know, and in the worst cases, correct other people.

Instead of listening and connecting I unconsciously try to sell to others an image of myself that I wish to project. Some part of me believes that if people are impressed with me then they’ll like me and be interested in my knowledge and point of view.

In this way I fall into the trap of constructing the false self. This is the person I wish …