There are times when your conversational style is made more powerful by ceding power, so that other people can be heard. Tell us your story. We posted that request on Fast Company's Web site, and boy, did people speak out. Here is an edited sampling of what they had to say. Lobby hard for what you believe in, but be ready to give up a losing cause.
Dead horses smell bad.
At every opportunity, be positive. Your criticism will lose its punch if you're constantly bitching. Life is too short to be a yes-man. Eventually I decided to quit. I had a new job waiting, but I hadn't told anyone.