Over the last 12 months, I’ve tried to boil down my goals to their most basic form through first-principles thinking. In doing this, it became clear that consistently increasing the quality of my interaction with others was the foundation to better health, stronger personal relationships, and an increasingly fulfilling career. I know, this sounds obvious at first…but my objective was to come up with a clear and simple mental model that would simplify this pursuit. This was a tougher ask and r...