Vishen Lakhiani suggests asking "Is it kind?" before you speak, then gives concrete examples: smile at someone, pick up trash, touch someone's arm. A smile from a stranger in Malibu changed his whole day. His mother taught him to leave places better than you found them.
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I'm always asking myself before I say anything, is it kind? Because oftentimes things that come to us before we spew it out, it's not kind. When you practice that, sometimes I don't realize that it's happening and you side on the side of kindness. It just becomes a part of who you are. Right. I love that message. That that's actually a really beautiful thought. Is it kind? Yeah. My mother, Frances Louganis, who raised me, she always told me to make effort. Everywhere you go better because you were there. And you can do that in so many ways. Picking up a piece of trash, smiling at somebody at the grocery store. And that strikes a chord with me because I remember being in Malibu and feeling just so alone and depressed. And this woman smiled. Smiled at me. She saw me, and I was like, oh, my God. I mean, that totally changed my day. And the power of that, or the power of touch, those are powerful things that we can utilize very easily and incorporate them in our lives as a practice. Sam.