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Our ground rules
- Let the other person finish their sentence.
- Ask questions you do not know the answer to.
- Say back what you heard before you reply.
- Assume they want good things too.
- Disagree with ideas. Leave people out of it.
- Say I could be wrong, and mean it.
- If voices rise, take a walk and come back.
- Leave the door open for next time.
- Thank them for talking at all.
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