Questions
Judge a man by his questions, not his answers.
— Voltaire
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I suspect that this principle of character also applies to the ability to refrain from chiming in when someone in the room is explaining something and you can’t resist what you think is a better explanation. I know that is certainly one of my challenges.
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Was it worth it?
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