You do it without noticing.
Someone gets something wrong and you put them right.
Certain you are being helpful.
Most of the time you wouldn't even call it correcting.
But watch how it lands.
Nobody has ever been corrected and lit up with gratitude.
Nobody says "Thank you, I love being wrong."
They go quiet and a small distance opens between you.
Here is the part nobody sees.
The fixing was never really for them.
It was the quiet reassurance of knowing better.
But that comes with a cost.
Before you set someone straight, ask what you actually want.
To be right, or to be close.
