Eric, your piece resonates! I can speak from experience that silence was a strong and admirable approach. I unfortunately took the opposite approach in my recent past that didn’t work out well. It reminds me of 3 important questions: (1) does it need to be said? (2) does it need to be said by me? (3) does it need to be said right now? A “no” to any one of those questions usually means, “keep your mouth shut, Tony.”
you got it right. goal is always to be the thermostat not the thermometer. i need to be more thermostat 🙃
Eric, your piece resonates! I can speak from experience that silence was a strong and admirable approach. I unfortunately took the opposite approach in my recent past that didn’t work out well. It reminds me of 3 important questions: (1) does it need to be said? (2) does it need to be said by me? (3) does it need to be said right now? A “no” to any one of those questions usually means, “keep your mouth shut, Tony.”