Someone will be disappointed in you this week. Make sure it’s for something you actually believe in.

Disappointing people is not avoidable, only distributable. Every choice satisfies someone and lets somebody else down, and trying to eliminate that entirely means the decision defaults to whoever complains loudest. Since the cost is going to be paid either way, the real question is what you are paying it for.

When you see a choice coming that will upset somebody, work out which version you could defend a year from now. Take that one and accept the disappointment that follows. A cost carried for something you believe is a very different weight.