State your intent.
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State your intent.
Be careful not to fall in love with your plans or ideas. Instead, fall in love with the effects you can have when you communicate clearly.
Abby Covert • How to Make Sense of Any Mess: Information Architecture for Everybody
The best communities have clear intentions: A writing group? An artists' collective? An exercise club? Those are all communities with very clear intentions: we are here to do/because of X . Organizing becomes more natural when everyone has the same general goals. Communities may occur organically, but once you organize them around an intention, you... See more
Alex Clemente P. • Musing on Community Building
To get through the tension, try to understand other people's positions and perceptions: How does this mess look to them? What does their mental model look like? What words do they use? Could your language mislead them? Do they agree with the intent, direction, and goals you outlined? Do they agree on the level you're working at?