Original article: <a href="http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-people/" rel="nofollow">http://jasoncrawford.org/2010/04/how-to-work-with-stupid-peo...</a>
I don't know about other people, but throughout my career I've routinely assumed that I'm the stupid one, and it hasn't done me any harm so far... I hope ;)
A solid framework for understanding and addressing disagreements, but there isn't enough emphasis on the time constraints imposed by reality. I often find that you must be willing to let a disagreement stand, even though, with enough time, it could be worked out.<p>Advice on two derivatives of this problem would be even more helpful:<p>1) How can you tell when you have sufficiently refined your communication with the other party?<p>2) How to reasonably judge the point at which the costs of continuing the discussion out-weight the benefits.<p>This is usually situation specific, but please share if you have any rules that can be applied.