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yes, I can now hold down small talk conversations, ask people about their lives, be interested in them and remember to ask follow up questions next time I see them.

I will ask questions about the outcomes of an approach rather than making statements about it so that I make sure we both are working with the same information.

basically it's made my life a lot less stressful, and my discussions with colleagues much more productive

I also started teaching coding around the time I read it, mostly to kids, so that has made me more motivated to be nicer. I don't want to be the jerk responsible for some little kid hating to code...

I think so, I have set up some reminders on my computer to remind me to review certain parts of the book I have trouble with. Like not getting into pointless arguments :)