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Aaron and I were deep in a work session together.

We were going back and forth, building something, and somewhere in the middle of it, the energy shifted. I was processing what he’d said, really thinking it through, and when he asked me a question, I didn’t answer. He asked again. This time with more intensity. And then he said, “Hello” in a tone that had a slight edge to it.

At this moment, I had a choice.

I could have matched the energy and gotten defensive. I could have let that small thing start to grow legs.

Instead, I looked at him and, in a full Thai accent, said: