My African Grandparents Taught Me These Two Invisibly Effective Life Rules

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radical. Yes! I thought she was evil. On a particular day, she pranked me into thinking she was so ill and had grudges against her caretaker for not feeding her.</p><p id="5d69">Little did I know that she was only practicing a personality check on me. Soon enough, she gave me these wise words that implied that she expected me to play easy personality checks on people too.</p><p id="414d">Although it sounds freakish and awful, it does give you a sense of the kind of person you are with.</p><ul><li>Stir up the room with your friend by asking him questions that could make him uneasy.</li><li>You can sometimes prank your parents with declarations to see how they will react to certain things.</li></ul><p id="9673">Without a doubt, it is a strange thing to do, but I’ve managed to stay one step ahead of other personalities with this act, and it works incognito.</p><h2 id="0242">Listen more than you speak — The sharp intelligence maneuver.</h2><p id="79f7">This rule is well underrated, even if it is a simple truth that almost everyone knows.</p><p id="f0d2" type="7">It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.</p><p id="07bf"

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I had my thoughts bereaved when my old folks advised me to always listen before speaking or taking action.</p><p id="5704">Just like when learning a language too, it is always wise and advisable to hear the language first a bit before forcing oneself to speak it. That implies that listening holds more wisdom than speaking.</p><ul><li>Listen more, and you might have the answer to a question you have not yet been asked.</li><li>Listening also makes you more of a problem solver, as you might have heard similar issues from one person to another.</li></ul><p id="5576">If you don’t quite understand it, it feels as though you are being asked to be eavesdropping throughout your life. But No!… This life-smart rule only asks that you let others confide in you with the single impression of finding a listening ear, and you just might be more than that after an easy conversation with someone in need.</p><h1 id="7c39">Lastly</h1><p id="4900">If you have read this article till this point, you have an incredible personality. Thanks for reading my article. Allow me to make you a certified Medium Member through this link- <a href="https://fatunlasamuel.medium.com/membership">Here</a></p></article></body>

My African Grandparents Taught Me These Two Invisibly Effective Life Rules

#2 The sharp intelligence maneuver

It is okay to say that old people are very well-mannered and intelligent. They are not particularly intelligent, but they do possess a level of mental dexterity that few souls can match at a younger age.

My grandparents are from the Lil-withy sub-urban coast of Nigeria. You would think that they should be as smart as foxes. But No!… They are far more intelligent and wise than that. I mostly don’t take advice from people, but these few will stick with me all my life, and I wouldn’t mind passing them on as fast to a fellow younger personality.

Embrace costly pranks — They expose character.

At some point, I used to think my grandma was radical. Yes! I thought she was evil. On a particular day, she pranked me into thinking she was so ill and had grudges against her caretaker for not feeding her.

Little did I know that she was only practicing a personality check on me. Soon enough, she gave me these wise words that implied that she expected me to play easy personality checks on people too.

Although it sounds freakish and awful, it does give you a sense of the kind of person you are with.

Stir up the room with your friend by asking him questions that could make him uneasy.

You can sometimes prank your parents with declarations to see how they will react to certain things.

Without a doubt, it is a strange thing to do, but I’ve managed to stay one step ahead of other personalities with this act, and it works incognito.

Listen more than you speak — The sharp intelligence maneuver.

This rule is well underrated, even if it is a simple truth that almost everyone knows.

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I had my thoughts bereaved when my old folks advised me to always listen before speaking or taking action.

Just like when learning a language too, it is always wise and advisable to hear the language first a bit before forcing oneself to speak it. That implies that listening holds more wisdom than speaking.

Listen more, and you might have the answer to a question you have not yet been asked.

Listening also makes you more of a problem solver, as you might have heard similar issues from one person to another.

If you don’t quite understand it, it feels as though you are being asked to be eavesdropping throughout your life. But No!… This life-smart rule only asks that you let others confide in you with the single impression of finding a listening ear, and you just might be more than that after an easy conversation with someone in need.