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The Ryan Leak Podcast · Today · 11 min

The Cost of Always Being Right

Would you rather be right or would you rather be connected? Ryan has met a lot of people who are always right. And he’s noticed something about them. They’re often alone. Not because they’re wrong, but because it’s exhausting to interact with someone who never considers the possibility that they might be. Ryan gets personal about seasons where he won every argument and lost every connection. In this episode, Ryan unpacks why being right is addictive, why your brain literally rewards you with dopamine when you prove your point, and why that hit comes at the expense of the relationships that matter most. Relationships aren’t courtrooms. The people in your life aren’t opposing counsel. And every time you prioritize being right over being kind, you chip away at the thing that matters most. Be right sometimes. Be kind always.

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Would you rather be right or would you rather be connected? Ryan has met a lot of people who are always right. And he’s noticed something about them. They’re often alone. Not because they’re wrong, but because it’s exhausting to interact with someone who never considers the possibility that they might be. Ryan gets personal about seasons where he won every argument and lost every connection.


In this episode, Ryan unpacks why being right is addictive, why your brain literally rewards you with dopamine when you prove your point, and why that hit comes at the expense of the relationships that matter most. Relationships aren’t courtrooms. The people in your life aren’t opposing counsel. And every time you prioritize being right over being kind, you chip away at the thing that matters most. Be right sometimes. Be kind always.

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