Strategic Patience
Waiting on purpose, with a defined condition for acting, rather than waiting because you are afraid.
Patience and avoidance look identical from the outside. The difference is whether you have named what you are waiting for. Once the trigger is written down, the wait becomes a position instead of a hiding place.
Also called: patience · long game
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