Master of cunning

As I described a few month ago, I am starting a new way of communicating. I always chose the direct confrontation which succeeded most of the time but took quite a lot of energy which resulted in suffering. I now changed my mindset and I find first improvements. This might be a bad case of Post hoc ergo propter hoc because I graduated and my bosses ignore opinions from a lower level.

Nevertheless, there are two key components of my mindset that may result in less energy loss.

1. Persuade, not fight: There are numerous cases where you as employee know a lot more than your boss. Bosses should hire people that are better than them in at least one domain. And with the years, there will be many domains as life goes on. You as export should try to persuade your boss by presenting facts and options. There are some tips around the Internet, how to persuade. If it does not work, don't worry, there is another component in my mindset for that.
2. Accept your position: You trade your time and decision making power for money. There is a contract between you and your employer. You don't owe your employer anything else and your employer doesn't owe you anything else. So your boss decides, your job is to provide the best options you can come up with. In case you boss chooses none of your options, don't worry, you trade your time for his or her money.

Don't give up to fast on the persuade component. You should try to build leadership skills yourself and act accordingly to better understand your bosses. Look at it as a sort of game where you need to level up quite a lot to become Master of Cunning.