A good friend likes to say, “being right is worth nothing.” In college a lecturer said, “would you rather be right, or get what you want?” He wasn’t a professo

A good friend likes to say, “being right is worth nothing.” In college a lecturer said, “would you rather be right, or get what you want?” He wasn’t a professor because he knew the steps required would make him unhappy. And completing them would only get him “prestige.” As he said, that’s what they give you when they don’t have anything valuable to offer.