A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone. ↗
If you're working for a good company and you're happy there, and you're being compensated accordingly, and your work satisfies you, you should stay there. ↗
People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways. ↗