If you're trying to get people on board, you cannot drag them. You need to say, "I need your help," and ask at the end, because it is an ask.
You cannot make anyone do anything, that is not what persuasion is. It is getting them to want to do things, to take ownership over an idea that maybe started in your head, but that you helped cultivate in theirs
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"If you want to build a ship, donโt drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." - The little Prince
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