CHASE HUGHES: The world doesn't respect what it has easy access to.

You have been domesticated.  You smile when you don't want to.  You respond to messages that don't deserve your attention.  You're explaining yourself even when nobody has really asked you a question.  You've been taught to be too reachable, and that's probably why you might be being used right now.  The world doesn't respect what it has easy access to.  Nobody values the thing they can grab off the shelf anytime they want. And if you want to know why maybe people are continuing to push your buttons, it's because you left them uncovered.  You labeled them, so they push.  And we tend to jump, and when they see you jump, they're going to push harder.   What I think is the dirty truth that most people are never going to face, power is not loud.  Power is not nice. Power is not available.  How is magnetic power is magnetic and silent and very calm and composure.  What I'm saying here isn't about being cold or detached. We're not building walls to protect ourselves.  This isn't about being a fortress.  When you react, you leak.  If you explain, you invite judgment.  If you justify, you're going to shrink no matter what.  And we do this, a lot of us tend to do this, for little crumbs of approval.  The person who explains the most has the least power in the room.