Terry Real
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If it isn't kind, I'm not interested.
And that adaptive child that lives inside me can be very harsh to my own imperfection.
And I will say to that or to Belinda or to a colleague, you may have something to say to me, and it may be in my interest to learn and listen to you.
but you have to say it like you're on my side.
If you can't say it like you're on my side, I'm not gonna listen.
So a hallmark of relationality is that it's loving and not harsh.
Let that be your bellwether.
Yes, start with you.
Be kind to you.
Okay, so I'll tell a story if you're not bored.
No, please.
Absolutely true story.
So I was off at a conference, you know, blah, blah, blah.
And I was signing books.
And it was late, and one of my handlers said, Terry, you're going to miss your plane.
Okay, I got it.
I'm on the plane.
I'm on the plane.
I'm not drinking now, but I was drinking then.
I had a little glass of short.