As bestselling author Michael Lewis points out, “People don’t want to have a boring life, or even a boring conversation.31 They’re just risk averse. If you create an environment where there’s no reason to be afraid, all of a sudden things loosen up.” In other words, if someone is standing awkwardly on the sidelines, whether metaphorically or literally, it’s probably not because they don’t want to have fun. They’re just waiting for an invitation.
