<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Zero defensiveness is an aspiration toward rapid... > Zero defensiveness is an aspiration toward rapid correction, not permission for one person to become the unquestioned judge of another's interior state. Both participants need the right to clarify intent, impact, context, and pattern. **Source:** [[livestreams/The Power of Tone — Acknowledgment, Conduct, and Emotional Atmosphere - Workbook|The Power of Tone — Acknowledgment, Conduct, and Emotional Atmosphere]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Zero defensiveness is an aspiration toward rapid correction, not permission for one person to become the unquestioned judge of another's interior state. Both participants need the right to clarify intent, impact, context, and pattern.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-zero-defensiveness-aspiration-impact-context-pattern ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->