Everybody likes to be right.

Angie Flynn-McIver

December 10, 2019

For several years, I sent out a blog to readers a few times a week. These posts gave pointers about how to practice, shared relevant stories, and provided a way for people to connect with my coaching approach. In 2022, I wrote my book, Before You Say Anything, which brought many of these ideas together in one place. The blog posts have continued to resonate with clients and readers, and they're useful as a quick reminder, so I'm including them here!

Everybody likes to be right.

Okay, maybe not everybody, but pretty much everybody I know.

Being right makes us feel good. Our status as a-person-who-knows-things is secure again, at least for the moment, when we are right.

But what happens when there is no measurable, provable “right”? What happens when there are powerful arguments to be made on several sides of a debate?

Do you dig in, ignoring the nuance and ambiguity, determined to win, to be right? Or can you find ease and space in the possibility that there is more to know than you realized at first?

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Angie Flynn-McIver coaches senior leaders and keynote speakers to communicate with clarity, impact, and self-awareness. Her background in professional theatre directing gives her work a distinctive edge: she understands performance and what it takes to hold a room. She is the author of Before You Say Anything, co-founder of the award-winning North Carolina Stage Company, and holds both a PCC credential from the International Coaching Federation and an M.S. in Organizational Development and Leadership.

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