[SustainableTompkins] Green Grand Prix, Watkins Glen, Sat., May 3

[Simon St.Laurent]

I think I'm going to have to remain in disagreement, without going 
through this line by line.

People change slowly.  Helping people change means finding ways to make 
them _want_ to change.  Telling stories, showing them what's possible, 
and generally inviting them in are ways to encourage change.

Declaring that change has to happen immediately doesn't encourage 
change, except among the folks who've already decided that things should 
change.  Targeting the people least likely to agree with your point for 
a stern insistence on their need to change seems utterly 
counter-productive to me.

I know - patience sucks.  But the number one rule with people seems to 
be that patience is required.

Incrementally yours,
Simon St.Laurent