There is a paradoxical irony at the heart of the transformative conversation. People are drawn to it because they want to have a more wonderful life, yet the greatest obstacle to really getting what’s on offer is to listen through the filter of “how will this make my life more wonderful?”…
One of the things that sometimes catches people off guard in the transformative conversation is that we tend not to spend too much time exploring the content of someone’s problems or story. Instead, we look towards the simple human truths in life, truths like “everyone has problems” and “human beings are innately story tellers”…
Over this past week, I found out that someone I consider a friend behaved in a way that I consider incredibly unfriendly towards me, taking advantage of our relationship in a way that could have undermined my business. At first, I was both hurt and upset by what felt like a betrayal of trust and confidence…
