Reading a room is not the same as agreeing with it. The best listeners I know can hear every note in the melody without joining the chorus. They know what the room needs. They also know what they need. Sometimes those two things are the same. Sometimes they are not. The skill is not in choosing. The skill is in noticing the difference.
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