Quietly Change it

When we think about altering a policy, a setting or even the outfit we usually wear, it’s easy to imagine that everyone is going to notice.

In fact, almost no one will.

That’s because no one cares about the noise in our head (or the actions we take) nearly as much as we do.

You might think it’s going to cause a big commotion when you do something that’s inconsistent, but if it’s generous and useful, it’ll simply happen.

We couldn’t noisily change it even if we wanted to.

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