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good conversations have emergent properties
A good conversation is not a group of people making a series of statements at each other. (In fact, that’s a bad conversation.) A good conversation is an act of joint exploration. Somebody floats a half-formed idea. Somebody else seizes on the nub of the idea, plays with it, offers her own perspective based on her own memories, and floats it back
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Creating close conversations through marveling (wonder)
Marvel: to be filled with wonder
Wonder: a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable.
Thought: We can create more beautiful encounters by being filled with wonder, together.
Wonder helps us move towards more connection.
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