Some plans grow better before opinions begin touching them.

Early plans are fragile, and opinions arrive with more force than they deserve. A half-formed idea exposed to a room of reactions often does not survive, not because the reactions were right but because the idea had not yet developed enough to withstand them. Protecting something in its early stage is not insecurity. It is giving the thing a chance to become itself.

Before telling people about a new plan, get it to the point where you know what it is. Then choose one or two people who will improve it rather than test it. Widen the circle after it can hold weight.