You don’t have to be right.

Some people need to be right.  It makes them feel better about themselves or validates their feelings and convictions.  This might come from a place of insecurity.  By trying to flex your mental muscles all of the time, you actually come across as weak.  The person talking the most doesn’t usually translate to the being the smartest person in the room.  It takes a lot of energy to try to convince the room of your point and direction.  Energy better utilized in the timeline of the goal don’t you think? 
Do not get clouded by the need to be right where you miss all of your chances of getting your point across. Like driving in an area you have never been, you are so focused on getting there that you miss the exit or even the shortcut.  It’s not necessarily how you get to the goal or the desired result that matters….it’s getting there.  Some people are obsessed with learning the hard way.  We all have to learn sometime…and if they want to be so “right” that it takes them 35 steps to finish something that only requires 10…God bless em. 
I have never let my personal feelings get in the way of the greater goal.  I pride myself on being able to create subtle ways of “planting” ideas into people’s heads.  A suggestion, phrased and framed the right way, is more effective than “fillabusting” or monopolizing a conversation or meeting.  Use the force Luke!  Jedi mind stuff!  By making certain suggestions- you can get your point across, lead people in the right direction and have them feel like they are doing it their way. It’s far more rewarding and effective than just dragging everyone kicking and screaming into your need to be “right”.  They learn more.  You are getting the result you wanted without having to do everything yourself and people feel like they are doing it their way.  In the end, you win and they get the satisfaction of being “right”. 
Shut up and be a seed planter. Let your ideas grow.
chasemradio

Radio Imagineer and host. Texan, Blogger, Author, Father of 2 awesome kids, husband to Christal and driver of a 1965 Chevy truck. Author of Pull The Trigger and #Tryharder.

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