# Two Habits

By [leo](https://paragraph.com/@ui-chain) · 2024-06-21

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**Sharing my two good habits** I want to share two good habits that have benefited me greatly, and I hope they can also help everyone.

**Regarding communication, I have a habit: ‘listen to others finish their words.’** No matter in daily work or life, many misunderstandings and conflicts are caused by poor communication. So I always remind myself to listen to others finish their words, listen carefully to their true intentions, and then make judgments. In work and life, occasional friction and conflicts are inevitable. Often, misunderstandings deepen when the other person is emotionally agitated or speaks harshly. When I am anxious to refute, it evolves into some kind of conflict, causing different degrees of misunderstandings, hurting relationships, and causing various problems, affecting work progress or interpersonal relationships, resulting in losses. Because I maintain the habit of listening to others finish their words, I have avoided many unnecessary disputes, and I can often understand the other person’s intentions more deeply, considering from their perspective, and I have gained a lot of benefits.

**Regarding exercise,** I stick to doing 30 push-ups, holding a horse stance for 5 minutes, and fast walking for 30 minutes every day. I have been doing this for almost 10 years! I am probably the only one among my classmates who does not have a beer belly, the only one whose weight has not increased, and the only one who looks almost the same as when I graduated from university. I even went to a family gathering with my cousin, and people mistook me for my cousin. In college, I used to take cold showers every day, even in winter, and I would even use snow to bathe. After taking a bath, it really feels exhilarating. If you are interested, you can try it. After the habit becomes a daily routine, you don’t need to think about how to persist, because you don’t need to control yourself anymore, and you will instinctively complete the habit.

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