These are examples and not ‘tactics’ or ‘steps’ because as with any human being, interaction must be an art. We must adapt to the other and be willing to shift and change. If we do not evolve, we neglect the goal to meet someone where they are.

Listen. No holds barred. Just listen. Ask and listen.

We must be willing to hear and not direct the conversation anywhere. There will be time in the future to direct the conversation. The important goal “to meet someone where they are”, cannot be overcome by the urgent need to direct the conversation.

Go where the current takes. Especially in the start of a relationship or when there is no sense of a right having been earned.