clients with that exact problem.”
“If someone asks me something I know, I answer.”
“Old dress or not.”
I laughed.
“So the dress was camouflage, but you were still yourself inside it.”
“Always.”
“That’s the important part.”
“You don’t become someone else to be underestimated.”
“You simply allow people to see whatever surface-level thing they want to see first.”
“Then you let reality arrive afterward.”
“Some people update their thinking quickly.”
“Robert does.”
“Some need longer.”
“Catherine does.”
“But neither is impossible.”
I looked at my mother.
“I hope I’m
