Let them win the argument about the pizza toppings. Save your pushback for the thing that matters.
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Not every disagreement deserves the same amount of you. Conceding on something trivial costs nothing and quietly builds the case that when you do push back, something real is at stake. Push on everything and your objections stop carrying information.
Pick your one thing for this week and let the rest go without comment. When the toppings, the route or the playlist come up, agree easily and move on. Then, when the thing you care about arrives, people will notice that you rarely do this.
What do you push back on that you do not actually care about?
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