<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Picking at a knot can tighten it when every... > Picking at a knot can tighten it when every challenge activates the system that formed the knot. Persuasion improves when pressure is reduced enough for the belief to be inspected rather than reflexively defended. **Source:** [[livestreams/Open Minds, Respectful Persuasion, and Institutional Power - Workbook|Open Minds, Respectful Persuasion, and Institutional Power]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Picking at a knot can tighten it when every challenge activates the system that formed the knot. Persuasion improves when pressure is reduced enough for the belief to be inspected rather than reflexively defended.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-picking-knot-tighten-rather-reflexively-defended ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->