When I engaged with someone with a different perspective
I recently engaged with someone with a different perspective during a long flight, and it honestly changed the way I think about "difficult" conversations. Usually, when we're stuck in a small space with a stranger, we stick to the basics: the weather, the destination, maybe a quick complaint about the legroom. But this time, things got a bit deeper. We ended up diving into a topic that we fundamentally disagreed on—I'm talking about a complete 180-degree difference in worldview. And you know what? I didn't leave the conversation feeling angry or exhausted. Instead, I felt like I'd actually learned something about how people tick. ...