Angle prior to disagreement

Never disagree with a man facing him;

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Turn around, go to his back and see things from his angle;

In this position you will see things from where he is standing;

And you might learn to understand where he is coming from.

Dear Paulie and Sasa,
Never mind that my right shoe fell off my feet and rolled to the steps in the lecture hall;
Never mind that the cover of my sign pen took off like a space ship and rolled under the chair where our professor was seated;
Never mind that I might have been a laughing extra during the Q&A portion and got caught on camera laughing at the background when someone was trying to be heard...

I was really listening at the lecture hall last week. :)