Being louder doesn’t make you more right. It just makes you easier to hear being wrong.

Volume is a claim about confidence, not about accuracy, and the two come apart more often than people expect. Raising your voice tends to be what happens when the argument underneath is thin, because force is standing in for the missing part. Everyone in the room can hear the difference even if they do not name it.

When you notice yourself getting louder, take it as information rather than momentum. Ask what you would say if you had to make the point at half the volume. If there is nothing left, that is worth knowing.