<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Conversation contains power without having to... > Conversation contains power without having to become war. Participants negotiate topic, pace, authority, evidence, interruption, and acceptable emotion, but those negotiations can be made cooperative rather than adversarial. **Source:** [[livestreams/Listening and Power — Warm-Up to Awareness Is Power - Workbook|Listening and Power — Warm-Up to Awareness Is Power]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Conversation contains power without having to become war. Participants negotiate topic, pace, authority, evidence, interruption, and acceptable emotion, but those negotiations can be made cooperative rather than adversarial.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-conversation-contains-power-cooperative-rather-adversarial ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->