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# Answer dismissiveness with an invitation. Meeting...
> Answer dismissiveness with an invitation. Meeting a sneer with "listen for a minute and think about this" avoids returning the injury and keeps the door open for learning. Refusing to react in kind breaks the chain.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop - Workbook|Belief, Language, and the Psychosomatic Feedback Loop]]
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“Answer dismissiveness with an invitation. Meeting a sneer with "listen for a minute and think about this" avoids returning the injury and keeps the door open for learning. Refusing to react in kind breaks the chain.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-answer-dismissiveness-invitation-kind-breaks-chain
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