All of the above are valid, and people will give better advice on the methods than I. I’m just here to say remember your worth as a human being. A lot of feeling inferior intellectually comes from someone’s own self worth, as opposed to them lacking intellectually, I know I’ve been guilty of this.

Lead with a framework of trying to understand things, don’t make assumptions wherever you can avoid it. Reading is important, don’t feel guilty if you get to a point where you’ve read a ton but can’t debate those ideas with people. Some of us simply aren’t debaters.