How to Stop Nodding and Start Disagreeing

For twenty years, I’ve been unraveling a stubborn reflex: the yes-nod I offer when my gut whispers ‘hold on’ or hell no.

It’s not deceit—it’s the gap between my private doubts and the face I show the world.

Social science nods along with me: we’re built to favor social ease over inner truth. My version? I mull ideas longer than most, projecting agreemen…