"Never be the smartest person in the room."
This nugget really changed my perspective as a 15 year old on how I was approaching the world and the people around me. Every teenager Everyone at some point or another has wanted to prove that they're somehow better than others, when in reality, if you're the smartest person in the room - you're in the wrong room. You should be constantly trying to better yourself, against all odds.
After years of turning this over and over in my head, however, I've decided I need to improve upon this.
"Never think you're the smartest person in the room."
Don't be cocky. Don't be self-righteous. You are, in no way, better than me as a whole because of one aspect of yourself. 99% of the time, I am the most knowledgeable person on serial murderers in a room. Despite this, I know that any other person knows something that I don't, and I constantly want to learn from them. I do my best not to put people down who know less than me on one mere subject, because they probably know more about a ton of other things. I am not the sum of my parts - I am my parts, and I'm proud of that.
