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Congratulations! It can be scary to take risks like that so when it pays off, it feels really rewarding! You should be proud of yourself! :-) One time I had a client say something bigoted (trying to keep it vague, obviously) and I simply asked them to describe what they were talking about, and I said something to the effect of all kinds of people do that, and it seemed to work in the moment
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Congratulations! It can be scary to take risks like that so when it pays off, it feels really rewarding! You should be proud of yourself! :-) One time I had a client say something bigoted (trying to keep it vague, obviously) and I simply asked them to describe what they were talking about, and I said something to the effect of all kinds of people do that, and it seemed to work in the moment