Photo by jurissa yanoria on Unsplash Dear Readers, Thank you for coming here! Life goes on and shit jumps in all the time. All the while, I have had no problem delivering work, but I have been really bad in caring about how people think about me. I think that is the reason why I get frustrated and repel away the promotions that seems so rightfully mine. However, recently I got feedback that I was too nice to push through certain things. Though it came as somewhat a surprise, the feedback made total sense. I have been too passive in certain meetings just to avoid conflict. The potential cost is slow progress. I say “potential” because I really cannot be sure about the outcome if I have pushed aggressively. Possibly, things get done. Also possibly, I encounter greater push back and the relationship gets affected, which results...