# Influencing without authority
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- Ask for forgiveness, not permission
- This is a quote from Grace Hopper. This is one way to Influencing without authority.
- Compare and contrast to break pattern entrainment
- Here's a more Oblique approach to Influencing without authority:
- Failure to influence change may cause burnout
- Unfortunately, Influencing without authority is hard, and the failure to prioritise debts can worsen the situation faster (Broken windows accelerates software entropy).
- Stone soup story
- A short story that gives an example on how to Influencing without authority: