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being open, honest and as a consequence sometimes vulnerable in conversations -1 to 1 or not- without overly filtering myself to stay appropriate or to protect my ego or image has brought me to having a number of close friendship that I would not have thought possible.

Those people that I now consider my family made me a better person and I would even argue made me into an adult.

I would simplify this in 1 don't be afraid to ask random questions 2 be sincerely interested in knowing about the other person's answer

I find this easier to do when the people are evidently interesting, but more often than not people are interesting after I exercise some curiosity about them.



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