When I’m talking with someone, whether at a dinner party or with a client - I often see things with the following approach. I find this approach really fun and interesting.
I assume that the person I am speaking with has a future in mind that would really excite them beyond their wildest imagination.
I also assume, that to some degree, that future is happening, and to some degree, it is not happening.
Sometimes I visualize that the person has locked themselves in a prison cell and has dropped the keys, yet somehow forgotten that the keys are laying there on the ground. (At any point, they could pick them up and let themselves out).
But for some reason, I find that people struggle to let themselves out.
The prison cell provides a bit of a comfort zone.
Picking up the keys and letting oneself out comes with responsibility.
And often, I think I am in conversations with people to remind them that they have the courage to leave the prison cell.
Because I hope you are there to remind me of the same.