Just found the blog post on cheese less tunnels, good lord that is going to be some work! Though simply, my strategy is usually respond in a mean, forceful, or angry manner cause I am opinionated and want to get my way. An easy 180 for me I suppose in theory. Be the opposite, nice, understanding, empathetic. In practice this is probably the biggest personal challenge I have to face in terms of my own personality.
This is going to be key for me " take a deep breath before you do anything and ask yourself, “What is my goal here?” "
Sounds like something YOU can work on.
Become the person that only a FOOL would leave, to quote 25MLC(a poster here).
You will see that DB will have you creating GOALS.