🦄 Startups & VC 19h ago · Sarah Mitchell

The most powerful thing you can do in a tense situation is remain completely silent — not because you have nothing to say, but because the person who speaks first is almost always the one performing, and the person who listens is the one who learns

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The most powerful thing you can do in a tense situation is remain completely silent — not because you have nothing to say, but because the person who speaks first is almost always the one performing, and the person who listens is the one who learns
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The conference room feels like it’s shrinking. Your manager just delivered feedback that feels fundamentally unfair, twisting a project you poured months into as a failure of leadership rather than what it actually was: a calculated risk that didn’t pan out. Every fiber of your being wants to defend yourself, to explain the context they’re missing, to point out the factors beyond your control. The words are right there, pressing against your teeth.
But you don’t speak. No

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