If you do that, you never leave the starting gate.
But if you assume the other party is intelligent - or more so,
MORE intelligent than you, and watching you dance around like
mice on a hot plate, you can make progress.
I assume every person I talk to is more intelligent than me. If
I see signs of stupidity, I assume I'm being tested by a master.
Even if they are NOT a master, it doesn't matter. I always walk
away learning something.
But that's my process. Everybody has a process that works for
them.
