Organizations all over are always giving away free stuff. I never fully liked that idea because people always smell a catch. It just feels in-authentic. It doesn’t build a relationship of trust; you start off on the wrong foot. Bad things happen when you start off on the wrong foot like tripping or running slower from a stampede of elephants- that kind of thing.

I thought about something new. What if instead of giving people something you asked for something of theirs? Anything they’re willing to give. A pencil. Toothpaste. Their shirt. What you do with the things you get is really up to you. But I bet your conversations would be very different.

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