"A mediocre plan executed with conviction is better than a great plan followed half-heartedly." This is easy to embrace when you're the one selling the idea, but real challenges arise when committing to someone else’s plan. When I dug deeper into that, I realized that a profound bias had been growing alongside my experience. Challenging that bias led me to the key: trust—trusting in the decision-maker’s experience.
Often, their experience is very different from mine, and exploring those differences has been where I’ve made my biggest leaps in growth. I’ll always advocate for being upfront with doubts and starting the conversation—because no matter what, you’ll learn something. It might be a better decision-making process, a deeper understanding of your own value, or the realization that it’s time for a change.
Have you noticed how often people start answering with "I get it" when they don't? The feeling that we understand the argument stops us from looking further.
Two effective ways to argue against somebody:
Either you get to understand their point deeply enough that it might just change your own opinion, or...
You replace objective phrases like "the proper way" or "better because..." with subjective ones: "the way I find more effective" or "better in that..." That lets people disagree without anybody losing face - no more zero-sum game!
"A mediocre plan executed with conviction is better than a great plan followed half-heartedly." This is easy to embrace when you're the one selling the idea, but real challenges arise when committing to someone else’s plan. When I dug deeper into that, I realized that a profound bias had been growing alongside my experience. Challenging that bias led me to the key: trust—trusting in the decision-maker’s experience.
Often, their experience is very different from mine, and exploring those differences has been where I’ve made my biggest leaps in growth. I’ll always advocate for being upfront with doubts and starting the conversation—because no matter what, you’ll learn something. It might be a better decision-making process, a deeper understanding of your own value, or the realization that it’s time for a change.
Have you noticed how often people start answering with "I get it" when they don't? The feeling that we understand the argument stops us from looking further.
Two effective ways to argue against somebody:
Either you get to understand their point deeply enough that it might just change your own opinion, or...
You replace objective phrases like "the proper way" or "better because..." with subjective ones: "the way I find more effective" or "better in that..." That lets people disagree without anybody losing face - no more zero-sum game!