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Never let the presence of a storm cause you to doubt the presence of God.

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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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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.

Activist, Experiences, People, Preachy, Things, Understanding

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.

Curiosity, Good, Ideas, People

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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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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