How do you get your needs met without looking needy? Is it selfish to try to get your own needs met? Discover the simple step you can take to remain in a position of strength while still getting your needs met in healthy ways.
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Practice Being Curious
When we disagree, we can divide from, caricature and demonize others quickly. If we can develop the skill of being curious, we can discover that having healthy relationships with people who disagree with us on almost everything can be life-giving and beneficial to our hearts. Just as importantly, we begin to develop the skill of protecting the power of others.
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Arguing, labeling and demonizing: We often behave as if a disagreement means we have to be enemies. Nothing can be further from the truth. If you master the skill of listening with respect, you can build life-giving friendships with people who are very different from you. The best relationships are the ones where room for disagreement is protected.
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Practice Listening Honestly
Relationship Red Flag! If someone is caricaturing what you say, they are really not making on honest effort to understand you. Discover one simple step to take to put a stop to this and learn what you can do to take others more seriously even when you disagree with them.
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Have you noticed that when someone is really good at arguing they don’t come across as being informed, they come across as being a know-it-all? That is rarely effective if you want to change someone’s mind. You will change more minds by listening well than you will by being argumentative.