What could be the greatest gift you can give anyone in 2023?
Your undivided attention.
Sounds basic?
It isn’t.
I can *almost* guarantee it.
These days, looking into the eyes of the person who is speaking to you and giving them the satisfaction of being heard is as rare as a start-up office without a ping-pong table.
Being real. I am guilty too. Guilty of picking up my phone when my mom is speaking to me across the couch. Or checking a message when a colleague is presenting their thoughts. Or (god forbid) smirking at an Instagram meme when a friend is telling me about their terrible day at work.
These are modern signs of assholery. I have seen the data.
Save yourselves. Start paying attention. Trust me, you're not a multitasking maverick when you're doing two things at once. You're just being a jerk.
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Join me on Modern Etiquettes, where I explore the basic skills we need to navigate society like civilized human beings. Share your observations with me and I will make them the topic of discussion in the coming weeks. This is a great way of passive-aggressively putting your point across when you don’t have the guts to confront people and would prefer hiding behind words.