No. 60 of the MaxLife Reflection Series · prints to one 8.5 × 11 page · 3-hole-punch ready
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AI Can’t Replace This Human Skill

Companion to the MaxLife episode with Curt Steinhorst

Curt Steinhorst spent years studying why a few teams trust each other and most don't. His answer is simple: trust dies when people's time and attention keep getting stolen, and when nobody can say the hard thing out loud.

▶ Watch the full episode with Curt Steinhorst for deeper context on how to approach these questions
01

Where Attention Leaks

Think about the people you work most closely with. When did you last interrupt one of them, or get interrupted yourself, for something that honestly could have waited?

02

The Conversation You're Skipping

There's usually one hard thing you'd say to your team or a partner if it felt safe. What is it, and where do you say it instead: in your head, to someone else, or never?

The thing I keep saying after the meeting instead of in it is ___.
03

Stealing Time Or Giving It

When you pull someone into a meeting, a thread, or a quick question, you're either giving them something or taking the one thing they can never get back, which is their time. Be honest about which one you tend to do. Circle every answer that fits.

I add people to feel inclusiveI interrupt to feel in controlI protect their focus on purposeI'm the one who gets interruptedWe have no rule for thisI confuse being needed with being valued
04

Make The Hard Thing Easy

Curt's teams invented a shared phrase that made naming tension feel light instead of scary. What's one simple signal or sentence your people could use, so the awkward thing gets said in the room today instead of avoided?

05

One Bet On The Group

Pick one: protect someone's focus this week by NOT pulling them into something, or say one honest thing to the group you've been routing around. Which one, to whom, and when?

Notice the thread in what you wrote. Trust isn't a feeling you wait for. You build it by guarding people's focus and making it safe, even a little fun, to name the thing nobody's saying. Take the one thing you wrote in prompt 05 and do it while it's still uncomfortable. That's where the trust gets built.
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