If you're in a relationship where you really want to have this conversation with someone

and they don't want to have it with you or maybe there's other aspects of your relationship

that they don't want to participate in.

But say they do have a conversation with you, but they don't

respond in the depth that you want or as emotionally articulate as you like or as you do.

You have to accept that. This is them. They are them. Don't bring the judge. Let

them be who they are and let them be in the space. The fact they're in the space with you is enough. And then obviously you want to keep having these conversations because then they can become better practice at it and they can explore more courage to see their vulnerability and such.

But I think that's a big part of these conversations is no agenda.

Coming to it again like we said like open space. and I have conversations with ordinary folks just like you and me who've taken extraordinary

leaps of faith in the direction of their path, their purpose, or what they've identified

as their mission in life, and in doing so, they've identified as their mission in life and in doing so they've been able to positively impact and inspire the lives of many other people who've either heard about their story or who've witnessed him in action or people who've directly benefited from their work.

The goal of these conversations is to expose you to as many people as possible who found their path and to humanize them.

And after hearing story after story, hopefully, eventually you give yourself permission

to move further in the direction of whatever feels like your path and your purpose because what you're going to see is that anyone who does that has to overcome many of the same obstacles that you might be facing right now.

And this week I am in conversation with the author of 12 Questions for Love,

Topaz Adhesus, and he is perhaps the world's most prolific

question asker and conversationalist.

Basically, after years of creating questions

for more than a thousand conversations

and then carefully observing the experiences

that those questions produced,

Topas identified the five key components

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