Avoiding Arguments

  • Show respect for other peoples opinion
  • Begin conversations in a friendly way
  • Get the other person to agree with you as easily as possible (“yes, yes”)
  • Let the other person speak
  • Let the other person feel that the idea is theirs
  • Genuinely try to see the other person’s viewpoint
  • Be sympathetic with the other person’s idea and desire
  • Appeal to the other person’s nobler motives
  • Show respect for other peoples opinion
  • Admit it when you are wrong
  • Begin conversations in a friendly way
  • Get the other person to agree with you as easily as possible (“yes, yes”)
  • Let the other person speak
  • Let the other person feel that the idea is theirs
  • Genuinely try to see the other person’s viewpoint
  • Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires
  • Appeal to the other person’s nobler motives
  • Dramatise your ideas
  • Throw down a challenge to the other person
  • Don’t criticise 
  • Don’t condemn 
  • Don’t complain 
  • Give honest and sincere appreciation
  • Arouse in other people an eager to want to help

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