I don't believe in the no-win scenario
If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.
Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.
I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.
Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
We keep what is valuable to us, what we cherish.