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Think of the last difficult conversation you had at work. Afterward, how clearly could you describe what you felt in your body during it?
When a conversation gets tense, what usually happens to your listening?
How often do you find yourself replaying a conversation afterward and wishing you'd responded differently?
Not hypothetically — actually replaying a specific real exchange.
If a trusted colleague described how you come across when you're under pressure, how confident are you that it would match your own perception?
When you're in a high-pressure moment — a tense meeting, a difficult decision, a conflict — how much of your response do you think is a conscious choice?
In a high-stakes conversation, how often does what you say match what you actually meant to communicate?
After a moment where you wished you'd showed up differently, how long does it take you to understand what actually happened?
Not to feel better about it — to actually understand the mechanism.
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