Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
Given our desire to counteract that, I invite people to leave outside the door those parts of their lives and work that are going great. We’re interested in the half-baked parts. We’re interested in the parts they’re still figuring out. We’re not interested in their preplanned speeches but rather in the words and thoughts still forming.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
conflict often unearths purpose.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Studies show that simply switching rooms for different parts of an evening’s experience will help people remember different moments better.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
That is protecting your guests: anticipating and intercepting people’s tendencies when they’re not considering the betterment of the whole of the group or the experience.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
He was priming them for a celebration of the year by having them rummage through it before they showed up.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Placement MUST be boy/girl/boy/girl,
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
The size of a gathering’s space should serve your purpose.
Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Specificity is a crucial ingredient. The more focused and particular a gathering is, the more narrowly it frames itself and the more passion it arouses.