I've been surprised at how quickly MA reveals character. It takes years to reach the kind of comfort level with non-MA friends--the roll with the punches quality that MA's need to reach with their partners at warp speed.
Within the first few sessions of working together (maybe 12 hours), I have a pretty good idea of how they handle conflict and challenge and in what quantities, the size of their egos, their open-mindedness/intelligence, attitudes toward force, their genuine feelings about the male/female power dynamic, and who's just full of it. I think it's just hard to concentrate on a facade when a knife's coming at your eyeball realtime.
It's a little trippy, but through MA, I've both lost and gained tremendous amounts of respect for the unlikeliest of candidates.
Within the first few sessions of working together (maybe 12 hours), I have a pretty good idea of how they handle conflict and challenge and in what quantities, the size of their egos, their open-mindedness/intelligence, attitudes toward force, their genuine feelings about the male/female power dynamic, and who's just full of it. I think it's just hard to concentrate on a facade when a knife's coming at your eyeball realtime.
It's a little trippy, but through MA, I've both lost and gained tremendous amounts of respect for the unlikeliest of candidates.
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