Yes, everyone should, but the real question is what the answer to question of whether you're being a jerk should be.
If you're being a jerk too much, maybe you ought to re-evaluate your personality, and make a bigger effort to empathize with and respect your fellow man. I don't think much of anyone here disputes that.
But I would also say that never being a jerk is just as big of a problem. If nobody has ever thought that you were being a jerk, maybe you need to learn to respect yourself and stand up for yourself more often, or else people will tend to not take you seriously or respect your opinions.
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Yes, everyone should, but the real question is what the answer to question of whether you're being a jerk should be.
If you're being a jerk too much, maybe you ought to re-evaluate your personality, and make a bigger effort to empathize with and respect your fellow man. I don't think much of anyone here disputes that.
But I would also say that never being a jerk is just as big of a problem. If nobody has ever thought that you were being a jerk, maybe you need to learn to respect yourself and stand up for yourself more often, or else people will tend to not take you seriously or respect your opinions.