Enjoy the 10-80-10 Rule that applies to your professional and personal career. Apples are very easy to be eaten you just bite them. Oranges need their outer layer peeled off so you can enjoy the fruit. Coconuts are time consuming to be broken. The same idea applied to our personal life and career situations. We run into people that change their opinions right away, people that need facts and be educated to change their opinion, or people that do not change their opinion no matter what.
Learn what type of personality you are dealing with, so you know how to better interact and communicate.