<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Every conversation contains a negotiation over... > Every conversation contains a negotiation over attention, definition, status, and acceptable response. It need not become combat, but pretending no power is moving through the exchange leaves the least reflective participant free to set the terms. **Source:** [[livestreams/Awareness Is Power — Language, Contradiction, and Holding Your Ground - Workbook|Awareness Is Power — Language, Contradiction, and Holding Your Ground]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Every conversation contains a negotiation over attention, definition, status, and acceptable response. It need not become combat, but pretending no power is moving through the exchange leaves the least reflective participant free to set the terms.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-every-conversation-contains-free-set-terms ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->