We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done … - Duncan Green

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Mindfulness is the key to everything, and this is especially true when one approaches the cultural portal known as "middle age. " This is when people mindlessly believe that it's normal to get diseases and start to fall apart. But the truth is that midlife is the time when people need to wake up and be far more mindful about their everyday habits and thinking patterns.

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We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits in there that we could learn from.

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What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me. "

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Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.

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The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.

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Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that and actually develop a deep curiosity about people and systems and understand them better.

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To be effective at selling ideas, at being a lobbyist, influencing other people, you have to be very sure of yourself.

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