The Importance of Taking a Stand

I find myself particularly in urban environments surrounded by a bunch of confrontation avoiders. People just don't like confrontation. They run from it. Taking a stand means being confrontational, assess the situation, make decision, taking action. Why does that fail today? You know, I hate to make generalizations. Someone will point out a thousand exceptions to it. And so when I talk about taking a stand, I'm not talking about being rude. What I am saying is that people hire us as an expert and not as their secretary"