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# People often respond to visible authority through...
> People often respond to visible authority through attack, appeasement, or study. The engineer's advantage is to ask what actually works, who actually knows, and what can be learned before deciding what the hierarchy means.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Awareness, Language, and the Practice of Personal Power - Workbook|Awareness, Language, and the Practice of Personal Power]]
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“People often respond to visible authority through attack, appeasement, or study. The engineer's advantage is to ask what actually works, who actually knows, and what can be learned before deciding what the hierarchy means.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-people-often-respond-deciding-hierarchy-means
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