I recommend reflecting on your experience with this chapter’s exercise before continuing. You can reflect about anything you found relevant, but here are some questions you may want to consider:

What fraction of your value-imposing words do you think you caught?

Did you notice changes in others’ reactions?

How do you imagine the different responses feel?

How did you express yourself without those words?

Do you think others noticed a difference?

Where and how might you apply your experience in the rest of your life?

Data from Exercise

This exercise is similar to No, But, However, which it expands on. It’s similar in having you avoid using words, but this time completely, not just beginning responses.

What to Do

Avoid using the words good, bad, right, and wrong. I recommend doing it for at least a week. If you feel enthusiastic, you can avoid other words that impose your values on others, too, such as should, ought to, appropriate, balanced, better, worse, improve, and acceptable.