Think of the last time someone tried to win you over by shouting. Did it work? Usually, being lectured, shamed or steamrolled makes us dig in harder, not change our minds. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who spent a lifetime fighting for causes she believed in, understood this better than most. Fight for the things that you care about, she said, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. It's a deceptively gentle piece of advice from a famously determined woman. She isn't telling anyone to stop fighting, or to soften what they believe. She's saying the way you fight matters as much as the fight itself. You can be fierce and persuasive at the same time. The goal isn't only to be right, or to win the argument. It's to bring people with you, so the change you want actually lasts.
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