Dave Hughes

Like, that's fine.

You can think that.

But it was no, he paused, it came across as really wise and it also, it just fused it completely and everyone laughed and then they just moved on straight away.

So pausing before you react, I think, is a really powerful thing to do.

Two, admit to a mistake quickly because ego thrives on defensiveness.

Well, when you do that, when you admit to a mistake quickly, it shifts the focus from protecting yourself to repairing the relationship.

Yeah.

I have a really good example from about five hours ago with someone in the room, our producer Bridget.

This morning, I got a message from Bridge and I just said, hey, tomorrow, so listeners may not know this, but

We see a psychologist, our team, the Imperfects team, see a psychologist together and we have group sessions where we talk through how we're all going.

And see who's doing the best.

Yeah.

She ranks it, makes a stand up in order.

Who's the weakest?

The weakest link.

Yeah, that kind of stuff.

And it's an invaluable session.

It's very important.

She noticed that in my calendar, pretty much at the exact same time, I had a meeting scheduled with someone from the Resilience Project.

And my first thought was like, I was just thinking of all the defenses I could possibly explain for like, even knowing that this would have been the calendar first, the reasons why.