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Have you noticed how many difficult people there are in the world? Some days, do you feel like you have to deal with most of them? So, how should we respond to difficult people? A proverb says, “A wise, mature…
Read More The Power of Pleasant Words: How to Respond Lovingly to Difficult People
When you meet someone to resolve a conflict, you first have to confess your part of the problem. Then you need to listen for the other person’s hurt and perspective. In every conflict—from our personal & work relationships to politics—we…
One of the most important life skills you need to learn is conflict resolution. If you don’t learn it, you’ll spend much of your life miserable—because we’re imperfect people and we have conflict almost every day of our lives. To…
In the last 2 weeks, we’ve established that gentleness diffuses conflicts, de-escalates anger, and disarms critics. In addition, gentleness is also persuasive and attractive. But why do I spend 2 weeks talking about the need to be gentle? Because gentleness…
Read More Why do we need to learn how to be gentle? Because it’s a prerequisite to leadership!
Last week, we discussed that gentleness diffuses conflict and disarms critics. But do you know that being gentle is also persuasive? If you have a successful career in sales, you may know that truth already. There was a time when…
Read More Do you want to be persuasive and attractive? Then consider being gentle
Gentleness diffuses conflict. It disarms critics. It’s persuasive. It’s attractive. And gentleness communicates love. If you’re married, the quickest way to improve your marriage is to start talking to your spouse more gently. It’ll do wonders! Any fool can be…
Read More Do you want to calm conflict and show that your care? Gentleness is the answer
There are many healthy ways to respond to conflict and to earn the respect of others during times of conflict. Last week, we looked at the first thing we should do: Empathize with the feelings of others. Today, we’ll look…
Read More Healthy Ways To Respond To Conflict and Even Earn Respect (Part 2)
You probably don’t like conflict. Most people try to avoid it as much as possible! But conflict is inevitable in life—because no one is perfect. But if you want to build a better future and pursue your purpose, we need…
Read More Healthy Ways To Respond To Conflict and Even Earn Respect (Part 1)
Leadership Memo 2022-4 In my last 2 posts, I talked about if we want harmony we need to be empathetic, and we need to pay attention to what is in our hearts because what is in our hearts is linked…
Read More How do we be wise in dealing with conflicts and disagreements?
Do you want to reduce the number of conflicts at work and at home? Then be sensitive and empathetic to how your words and actions affect others. This principle of being sensitive to when people get offended is more important…
