Used AI to prep for a difficult conversation with my business partner

My business partner and I had been avoiding a conversation about equity for months. He felt he deserved more. I disagreed. We were both anxious about it becoming a fight. I used Claude to roleplay the conversation first. I described the situation, our history, and where I thought the disagreement was rooted. Then I asked it to play my partner and push back on my position. It did — convincingly. Going through it several times helped me find the weak points in my own argument, understand his likely perspective better, and figure out which points actually mattered versus which ones I was defending out of stubbornness. The real conversation still wasn't easy. But I was prepared. We found a solution in about an hour instead of it becoming a months-long standoff.

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