Marijuana Removes The Ego
I believe this is a technique/principle that I've developed early on in life and I can say a big factor in me 'being able to get other's point of view and to see things from that person's angle as well as my own' is due to my experimentation with Marijuana.
If you know me and follow along my journey as The Hungarian Experiment you may know that I am an avid smoker and have been doing it on a daily basis for many years now.
Marijuana really helps to remove the ego which is the first step in seeing another human beings perspective on life and be able to get in their shoes. Now you definitely don't need Marijuana to do this but it will assist in this process. I believe many people who 'freak out' or get 'anxiety' when they get stoned is because they are so entrenched in their identity, so stuck in their ego that being removed from it is a shock to the system that may need time and guidance to overcome it.
Early on in 2015 when I first started creating videos, I would smoke and then envision watching my video as a 12 year old, then again as a 40 year old then once again as someone who may know me personally to try to envision what they would be thinking throughout not just one or two of my videos but my whole journey. After about a year I refined this skill using the knowledge I built up from the comments I as well as other YouTubers have received.
Loving 'How To Win Friends & Influence People' by Dale Carneige so far! Really opening a lot of doors in my mind!