WHAT MATTERS TO ME

Because my work helps people increase their influence, I want to be clear about what I stand for — and what I won’t support.

I stand for basic human dignity. 
I won’t help anyone use their voice to degrade or dehumanize others — on the basis of gender, sexuality, race, immigration status, disability, economic position, religion, or any other dimension of human identity.

I stand for the responsible use of power. 
I won’t support the use of power as an end in itself — having power does not confer the right to use it without restraint or accountability. I also won’t support advocacy that fails to take seriously foreseeable harm — even when the intent is good.

I stand for recognizing that we are a part of and dependent on the world we live in. 
I won’t support the careless destruction of the natural systems everything depends on.

I stand for open-hearted curiosity and discernment.
I believe that good people can hold genuinely different views about how to live, and that these differences deserve open-hearted curiosity. I also recognize that some people act on their beliefs in ways that cause harms that I can’t make peace with. Acknowledging that isn't a failure of open-heartedness — it's an expression of it.

These commitments aren’t a wall. They’re a foundation — the conditions I believe are necessary for real difference to exist and be held with care.