How to Be Kind

Kindness is not weakness — in fact, it could be your biggest strength

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When we study successful people, we often talk about how driven they are. We praise them for their charisma and their decisiveness. But rarely do we stop to ask: Is this person kind?

Yet I believe that kindness has the ability — more than any other trait — to instantly improve our lives. Many of…