This is hard. It's something I struggle with because once you get the hang of it, it's actually pretty easy to convince other people to like you; it takes time

This is hard. It's something I struggle with because once you get the hang of it, it's actually pretty easy to convince other people to like you; it takes time to learn that too, but once you have the patterns down it's not that bad. What is infinitely harder is /actually/ respecting other people's opinions and beliefs, rather than simply making them think you are. These aren't the same thing, and are easy to confuse, in my experience. Be really careful, on your journey, to be watchful of that. I screwed that up and am still trying to figure out where the line lies.