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What does it mean?
Disdain requires little effort and forms easily in human interaction.
In plain terms
It is easy to look down on someone.
What can you take from it?
Judging others is a low-effort habit.

Where it applies

  • workplace conflict
  • social disputes
  • political divides

Putting it to work

  • check your biases
  • practice empathy

Questions to consider

  • Why do you look down on others?
  • When did you last feel contempt?

Another view

Sometimes contempt is a justified reaction to harm.

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