Here is a scene from the movie A Few Good Men.

PLOT
A young US Navy lawyer, Lt. Daniel Kaffee, is asked to form a defence team, before the court martial, for two marines (Lance Corporal Dawson and Private Downey) accused of murdering a fellow soldier (Private William T. Santiago) in the US naval base at Guantanamo.

In the following scene of the movie, you'll see how Lt. Daniel Kaffee (who plays baseball) leads very ‘convincing’ negotiations for his clients, defending them quickly from the accusations aimed at them.

Focus on the person accusing Kaffee’s client, who finds themselves in an internal conflict for a moment:

  • on the one hand they want to impose themselves on Kaffee;
  • on the other hand, there are reasons to ‘give in’.

Put yourself in his shoes: what are the “inner team members” that speak to you?

Here’s the link to watch the scene.

A Few Good Men, R. Rainer, USA, 1992, Columbia Pictures - Castle Rock Entertainment (00:01:46 - 00:03:21)

Some possible internal voices are:

  • Status/Power: “He is not hierarchically at my level, I have to impose myself.”
  • Vindictive: “I have already been made to wait 15 minutes, now I’m going to make him pay!”
  • Shame: “I cannot make a bad impression in front of the guys, here on the baseball field!”
  • Lazy: “I do not want a long process, spending hours and hours on the protocols...”