Oops! I intended to include the low number thing and I guess I didn’t (I’ve your recommendation above). I’m not sure if that’s how CFAR designed it but I also prefer small circles. I’m pretty sure I also agree with the other two, though I’m not sure about point two. I could imagine possibly getting good insights from someone who I didn’t know well at the point of doing the circle but who had developed an impression of me somehow (I’m imagining that’s what happened in Kaj’s case, but I’m not sure about that).
Having done a few doom circles I think they’re much better when
there are <6 people in the circle, so everyone can feel attended to
I have high trust in everyone, which might come from knowing them well or having been vulnerable in other ways
everyone is in the right mood for doom circles; vague insecurities or pressure create the wrong mood
Oops! I intended to include the low number thing and I guess I didn’t (I’ve your recommendation above). I’m not sure if that’s how CFAR designed it but I also prefer small circles. I’m pretty sure I also agree with the other two, though I’m not sure about point two. I could imagine possibly getting good insights from someone who I didn’t know well at the point of doing the circle but who had developed an impression of me somehow (I’m imagining that’s what happened in Kaj’s case, but I’m not sure about that).
That’s correct, most of the people in the circle (including the person with the wizard line, I think) I’d only met a couple of days before.