In several weeks, I'll be presenting to a group of self-advocates who gather regularly to bolster, mentor, and support the voices of those who are too often ignored and diminished. My goal is to ensure the presentation is as fully accessible to all participants, and anyone who might otherwise want to receive the messages, as possible.

Today's podcast represents my desire to figure out what to communicate and how to communicate in the plainest language available to me.

"The Golden Rule," as many of us have learned it, communicates: Treat others the way you want to be treated.

"The Platinum Rule," as illuminated for me by colleagues and mentors, is: Treat others the way they want to be treated.

Unfortunately, and perhaps predictably, the leadership-consulting and entrepreneurial-mentoring grift economies, focused primarily on profit and assimilation, approach the concept from the perspective of manipulating others for greater productivity.

As an accommodationist, I am entirely opposed to the covert manipulation, de facto gaslighting, of perceived novices and other less-powerful, vulnerable individuals and groups.

Thus, I'm considering my Platinum Rule, one that is impact-regarding, social-and-emotional, trauma-informed, person-centered, and neurodiversity-affirming.

I'd love you to hear what I have to say. I'd love to hear what *you* have to say about what I have to say!

Thanks for being along for the ride.

-Greg