Part IV — The Practice

Shape

The third movement. Shaping is making a next move inside movement — small, legible, and chosen so that what happens next teaches you something.

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The question it turns on

What is the smallest move that would change the situation and tell you why?

Concepts in this chapter

  • Shape
  • Small moves
  • Leverage
  • Reversibility

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Where the argument is contested

Small moves can be a way of avoiding a large decision that the situation actually requires.

To sit with

  • What move would you make if you had to learn from it rather than win with it?
  • Which large decision are your small moves postponing?

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