Have you ever felt the pressure to stay silent? To just nod along at work, or with friends, or even with your own family, because you desperately want to keep your seat at the table? We all want to have influence. We want to be liked enough that people will eventually listen to us. We tell ourselves it’s a strategy, that if we can just get a position of influence, then we can make a difference. But have you ever stopped to ask what the hidden cost of that position might be?