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The Importance of Mapping Power Dynamics
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The Importance of Mapping Power Dynamics

There are limited returns when spending a significant amount of emotional energy trying to convert powerful skeptics into believers. There's a more practical, and dare I say it, more strategic way to deal with skeptics.

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The Importance of Mapping Power Dynamics

There are limited returns when spending a significant amount of emotional energy trying to convert powerful skeptics into believers. There's a more practical, and dare I say it, more strategic way to deal with skeptics.