There are moments when the usual frameworks stop working.
You can feel it when it happens. The conversation you thought you were going to have suddenly feels insufficient. The language you normally reach for doesn’t quite fit. And the idea of staying neutral—of waiting things out or “keeping it professional”—starts to feel less like wisdom and more like avoidance.
That’s where this episode of PM Talks landed.
We set out to talk about poise. About staying grounded when the world feels loud and demanding. But as events unfolded in real time, the conversation shifted toward something more foundational: the difference between left and right, and the difference between right and wrong.
Those two distinctions are often treated as interchangeable. They aren’t.
Left versus right invites debate. Right versus wrong demands reflection—and sometimes action.
Poise, in this context, isn’t about calm detachment. It’s about staying aligned with your values when the cost of silence becomes clear. It’s about recognizing that not everything meaningful can be reduced to a link, a clip, or a neatly sourced argument. Some truths arrive through proximity. Through witnessing. Through being there.
This episode doesn’t offer answers or solutions. It offers presence. And in moments like this, presence matters.
If you choose to listen, I hope you do so not looking for certainty—but with a willingness to sit with complexity.
