Instead of resisting excessive control, get ahead of it with frequent, detailed voluntary updates — they may stop monitoring once they feel they don't need to.

Hear what you wish would be said of you in 50 years to learn what matters today.

Action you repeat 20x daily — turn into meditation in 30 sec.

When he opens sensitive topic, say "tell me more" vs reply.

Your boss has little time, many concerns — use 4 principles to be a smart stakeholder.