The only way to reduce and dissolve and dissipate and get alignment in whatever that trajectory is for your project is to ask questions

about what you would rather, especially as a lawyer, that we'd rather just tell them.

And because you are a lawyer, you'll know the power of open-ended

and closed-ended questions in order to facilitate making something

their idea.

So if, for example, they made this decision,

I would have called and said, hey, that seems like a great idea.

But I have a few questions.

So I've already let down the insecurity that I think it's a bad idea.

And you don't know whether it's a good idea or better.

Right. And so what we want to do is say, hey, I just found out you guys are moving to this facility or

whatever it is.

I think that's a great idea.

But I had a few questions to see if I might be able to help further.

And then instead of, right, instead of telling them, you're just like, hey, so, you know, what were our options?

Considering what's going on with SAG and the strike and the budget that we have,

what were the options of why we chose this place?

We don't really have any options. You will hear these kind of things right? Oh okay would it

help you if I found a few other options just to see if we can even do better

because this is a great idea.

All of a sudden, right?

Now you become more valuable and you're not attacking me.

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