[lanstin]

I guess we can see how subtle a skill good messaging is - one can so easily come across as a moralistic busy body if one doesn't listen and connect before trying to persuade.

The suggestion wasn't overt, it was kind of implicity - telling people that they don't know their own self interest, even when they manifestly don't, is not very ahh "politic" :)

[jjk166]

It takes a special kind of mind to emphasize the importance of listening while simultaneously disregarding what someone actually says.