The key to world peace is making the right thing easier to do than the wrong

There is stress in presenting the unembellished truth to your boss. There is stress in bending the truth to your boss's liking. However, the degree of the former is far smaller than that of the latter.

Once I figured that out, it felt as if an anvil chained to my neck just disappeared.

In other words, the Good triumphs over the Evil this time round. And the forces of nature are in the Good's favour. Lucky break, I say.