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Every Avoided Conversation Has a Cost

Don Eash
May 25
1 min read

Updated: 7 days ago


There’s a conversation you’re not having right now.

 

You know exactly which one. You’ve rehearsed it in the shower. You’ve drafted the email and deleted it. You’ve told yourself “not yet” or “it’s not the right time” or “maybe it’ll resolve itself.”

 

It won’t.

 

Every conversation you avoid has a cost. And the cost compounds. The longer you wait, the harder it gets — not because the conversation changes, but because the resentment, the assumptions, and the workarounds all build up around it.

 

I’ve never had a client tell me they had a hard conversation too early. Not once in six thousand hours of coaching. Every single time, it’s “I should have done this months ago.”

 

The conversation you’re avoiding is the most expensive thing on your calendar. And it’s not even on your calendar.

 


 

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