Maria Semple
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I got a call.
Yes, very much so.
Humility.
Understand my place, as we talked about.
Just that it's not all about me.
They all... The main character energy.
It's that type of thing.
You know, when you write...
scenes or in any kind of writing, they say, make sure all the other characters have as much intention and stakes going on in the scene as like your character.
Who's the person I want to be?
That's a really big one, which is like what, and it's not like manipulative, but it's because really the person I want to be is like a reasonable, collaborative, pleasant person to be around.
And I can do that.
And that's what I want to be.
And that's totally in your control.
What virtues will I employ?
I go to the if it's like talking less.
That's usually what it is for me.
Yeah.
So it's like but then the subsets is like talking less.
OK, which leads to listen.