So, Here's My Story...

Just Say… THAT What could parenting anger possibly have to do with business? This week on So Here’s My Story, Eliot and Jodi talk hard conversations and, somehow, Sam Shepard (except, she REALLY meant Sam Elliott!!). Why is that important for business? You know those moments where something happens that makes you mad, but you know there is no satisfying outcome? It can be so hard to walk away, like you are giving a victory to the other side. How do you just STOP being angry? Whether it’s about your kids or about your work, it can be hard. But sometimes the value of these conversations isn’t a solution; sometimes it is simply about being heard, and seeking to understand. There might not be a satisfying outcome, but it may still have value. There is a lot lost when you try to play out all the versions of a conversation, and then decide to not have the conversation for all of those imagined reasons. The temptation is to make it a binary choice- either I swallow this, and I carry this brick, or I hurl it with let