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Difficult Conversations Could Solve Most of Our Problems
If only we were willing to have more of them
I’m willing to bet a majority of those reading this are currently and actively avoiding tough conversations they need to have, with important people in their lives.
You know the kind of conversations I’m referring to. They’re the ones we’ve played time and time over again in our heads but refuse to initiate in realtime.
Those we avoid at all costs, as we talk about trivial things nobody cares about instead. The weather, that news story, what’s for dinner — they’re all just inadequate substitutes for the things we want to say so badly, but can’t seem to bring ourselves to.
The conversations we’re avoiding or are running from, are the same ones that could potentially alter our entire lives if we were only able to find a way to finally hold them.
Having them would free up so much mental space. It’d give us back the time we subconsciously spend imagining how they might go — exclusively in our hectic little heads. But sadly, rarely do we venture out to actively hold these conversations we don’t want to have, therefore nothing changes.
We plan and play these conversations out, over-prepare for them — but rarely do we just start them. We don’t want to be…
