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Journey: Conversation
The Conversation
What happened is not the same as what you think it means
Straight after a meeting, the mind starts telling a story about it — that it went well, that one answer went badly, that someone seemed sceptical. The story arrives quickly and feels like memory.
Before it settles, write down what actually happened. Then, separately, what you concluded. Then what you still do not know.
What happened
What was actually said — and what you observed
Statements, questions, decisions, commitments: as close to their words as you can. Then what you noticed — tone, sequence, who spoke when — without treating an observation as an intention.
- What was actually said?
- What surprised you?
- What did you learn about the role, and about the people?
What you concluded
Notice what you are adding
"They liked me." "That answer went badly." "I think I am too senior." Conclusions like these may be right. They are still conclusions. For each one, it is worth asking: what makes you think that?
- Which moments are you replaying — and why?
- Where did your own story feel strong, and where did it feel rehearsed?
- What remains interpretation rather than evidence?
Stay honest long enough to notice when the story you usually tell about yourself no longer fully explains what happened.
What remains unknown
Leave open what is still open
The decision process, other candidates, whether a concern was real or inferred, what happens next — much of this cannot be read from one conversation. Naming it is more useful than guessing.
- What do you understand now that you did not understand before the conversation?
- What would you want to ask next time?
Mimir the Tutor · What happened is not the same as what you think it means.
Mimir the Tutor
Debrief a conversation
Shortly after an interview or meeting, while it is still fresh. What did you hear — and what did you only assume?
- Read ·
- Clarify ·
- Evidence ·
- Review
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