Like many others, I too am sometimes confronted with the dilemma to push back or to let things slide, more when it involve livelihood, not mine alone but an entire team of people and their dependents, so on and so forth. Push back demonstrate how strong or weak you are in the business world as interpreted by both proponents and opponents. My motivation, however, is slightly different and simple: not putting up with nonsense, whatever that maybe. Donald Trump said it best -

It’s smart to know when to push back. Competitive edge is not merely an attribute but essential in business. If you allow yourself to be walked over once, be assured that will become your signature and you simply will not survive.

Learn from the best, be it Icahn, Trump, Jobs, or whoever, regardless of their life philosophy. Their commonality? Experience and success. If that is your objective, then learning from them is smart, even if that means making executive decisions contrary to your own advisors’ and team executives’ opinion.

Why think small, when you can think big? Learn the art of push back and be a success.

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