The strongest people in the room are usually the ones who don’t need to prove it.

Demonstrating strength and having it are different activities, and they tend to run in opposite directions. Somebody sure of what they can do feels no urgency about the room believing it, so they can stay quiet, ask questions, and let someone else be right. Whoever is working hardest to establish their standing is usually least certain of it.

Notice the pull to prove something this week and let one chance go past. Do not correct the small thing. Being underestimated for an hour turns out to be a very cheap way to stay free.