Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Win the Person, Not the Argument

Daily Chase #279

Jun 25, 2026
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Multi-time bestselling author Jon Gordon told us about a friend who always needs to be right.

Every conversation becomes a debate. Every idea becomes a contest. And Jon — after enough of those exchanges — started finding reasons not to show up or engage.

That’s the invisible tax of needing to win. You might take every argume…

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