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Steve Scavo's avatar

"Alternative to argument. When a meeting becomes contentious, don’t let it devolve into an argument, where positions harden.” This, 100x.

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Matthew King's avatar

I’ve observed this effect many times but not known it has a name.

Your point about letting documents age made me think of a related phenomenon.

Sometimes I will scrap a small document in its entirety.

Not because I’ve let it age, but rather, in the process of writing it I’ve come to a better understanding of the issue at hand. This happens most commonly for me when drafting emails. By the time I’ve finished the draft I realise that I don’t need to send it or that I need to send a different email to someone else.

I wonder if there is a name for this effect, of having to meander through one thought process to arrive at another.

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