journey together

Be on the same journey together — not opposite teams. Start where people you are conversing with are, sharing their worries. From their starting point, share the observations that caused you to make the journey you made, and aim to make it with them during a conversation.

Similar to: "Agree on fears and move on"

Journey Together

Stephen Cataldo
Sun 2020-06-14

Is it helpful to call someone "complicit"?
Will aggressive statements backfire or help?

Activists argue about how hard-hitting to be: Is reform not enough? Will stronger statements backfire? Do weaker statements betray the cause? If this were a sign for a cause you had not been convinced about, would it reach you?

Techniques:

journey together

conversational frame