You can act confidently and be wrong. Yet you did so with a gentle spirit. Setting yourself up for admitting the mistake and trying again where it will be well received.

The guest gathered around the food. Food was something unifying, something they all liked. But here there’s nothing to unify around.

A shared moment. You too? Me too.

To be free, and then told you are not free. To be promised but disregarded. To be Dred Scott.

The core is to feel understood. That is the core. Misalignment with that and teams are in conflict.