Difficulties abound.  Woke up early and talked with some people on the phone about a very difficult situation, but everyone is positive and ultra helpful.  I am forcing myself to remain positive, while keeping in mind the seriousness of everything that is happening.

I’ve been getting advice that perhaps I’m playing too nice.  Everyone likens this to a fight or flight dichotomy where I must choose to fight.  With passion, good intentions, and power.  I need people to help me, but people who are not helping should step back.  My strong suit has always been to play nice, to appeal to a person’s better self, to try to inspire collaboration and partnership rather than opposition.  Fighting for cooperation, however, leads one to never strike out aggressively at someone who’s causing problems.  This is the move that many people say I should make.  I don’t even know what my aggressive move would be though.  I can’t do this on my own, I need help from my adversaries as well as my friends.

Which strategy is best?  I realize that my strategy is being employed right now simply because it’s my strong suit, and not necessarily because it’s the best strategy.