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Just realized I was killing our book club debates by over-preparing
For years, I'd come to our Seattle group with a page of notes and three 'big questions' ready to go. Last month, a member flat out said, 'Brian, you're running a seminar, not a conversation.' That hit me. I was guiding the talk so hard, nobody else could steer it. Now I just bring one open-ended prompt, like 'What character choice felt the most real to you in The Lincoln Highway?' and let it go from there. How do you keep a discussion from getting too controlled by one person?
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riley9568d ago
Isn't it funny how this need to be prepared and in control shows up everywhere? I see it at work all the time, where the person with the most slides just talks at everyone. It's like we're scared of quiet or wrong turns, so we pave the whole road before the trip even starts. Your one open question works because it builds the path together, instead of you just pointing at a map you made alone.
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dakota_burns966d ago
But sometimes a good map is just what you need... especially when the group is lost.
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