COMMENT | One of the things that I have learnt as I got older is that sometimes, we can’t always go on the offensive and be aggressive with whatever ideas, opinions, or thoughts that we have if we want to be persuasive and convincing.

After more than two decades as a journalist, I have gone from being very aggressive to mellowing out a little bit more (or so I think I have!).

I am still passionate about the issues (which mostly remain the same), but with a different approach.

When I reflect on my younger days, I notice that my writings were very angry and that I was constantly attacking anything I didn’t like or disagreed with.

I didn’t even care if the words I was writing made a difference. I just wanted to scream.

As the years went by, I started taking stock of what my...