Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.
Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.