The first layer is do you trust that person? Because if you don't, then that conversation could be frustrating for a variety of reasons. It really just depends on do we know why we're there, what we're doing and we're honoring that rather than our own desire in that moment. This happens all the time at home. I'm poor wife Laura. She's a W.I.G. And sometimes she'll go, oh, I didn't need your advice. So even in our personal relationships, we have to ask ourselves, what are we doing here? Absolutely.
In previous episodes, we've talked about the altitude of each Genius, the 3 stages of work, regulating your Genius, and the Genius of meetings. What do you get when you roll all of these concepts together? A new Working Genius framework that applies to any conversation at work.