When I disagreed with a new business contract Lauren was considering, I offered my view once and then listened to hers.

I did not call a banker behind her back or ask a friend to influence her.

We had both seen what happened when wealthy people treated another adult’s freedom as a problem to solve.

She chose the project after reviewing the risks with her own team.

It went well.

She teased me for weeks about having been cautiously wrong.

I let her.

There was one difficult conversation we couldn’t postpone.