Week commencing Nov 17, 2025

Theme: Hard Conversations

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“The conversation you’re avoiding is the relationship you’re risking.”

- Tim Ferris

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  • Relationships don’t usually fall apart in one moment. They erode when hard truths are shelved too long. What you’re holding back may be the very thing that holds you together.
  • If the relationship matters, the risk isn’t in speaking—it’s in staying silent. Discomfort is temporary; disconnection can be permanent.

Question

What difficult conversation do you need to have?

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  • Hard conversations don’t get easier with time. They just grow heavier the longer you carry them.
  • If you’re rehearsing it in your head, it probably needs to happen out loud. Avoiding it won’t bring relief. What’s unsaid can become what’s misunderstood.

Quill

Radical Candor

By Kim Scott

Quill

  • Radical Candor balances genuine personal care with direct challenge. Feedback that lacks either element slides into ruinous empathy, obnoxious aggression, or manipulative insincerity.
  • Effective feedback is humble, timely, and anchored in observable behavior and its impact; praise in public, critique in private. Career conversations honor “rock stars” who value stability and “superstars” who crave steep growth, tailoring roles and stretch assignments to each path.
  • A culture of Radical Candor powers the Get-Stuff-Done wheel: listen, clarify, debate, decide, persuade, execute, learn. Moving purposefully through this loop keeps teams improving while relationships stay strong.

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