How to argue with someone you wish to convince needs to recognize several things.
- Honestly listen rather than thinking about what your next fatal riposte will be.
- Recognize that losing the argument with someone who can impact your life significantly is only the second worst outcome. The worst outcome is winning.
- Understand that you and the other person agree on probably 95% of issues. You want world peace, an end to hunger, your kids to be healthy and safe and allowed to choose their own lives. We disagree on very little.
- Explain that you have the same goals as your opponent, just different beliefs about how to achieve them. Only the illiberal will insist on complete adherence.
How to argue with someone you wish to convince needs to recognize several things.
- Honestly listen rather than thinking about what your next fatal riposte will be.
- Recognize that losing the argument with someone who can impact your life significantly is only the second worst outcome. The worst outcome is winning.
- Understand that you and the other person agree on probably 95% of issues. You want world peace, an end to hunger, your kids to be healthy and safe and allowed to choose their own lives. We disagree on very little.
- Explain that you have the same goals as your opponent, just different beliefs about how to achieve them. Only the illiberal will insist on complete adherence.
Valentina,
How to argue with someone you wish to convince needs to recognize several things.
- Honestly listen rather than thinking about what your next fatal riposte will be.
- Recognize that losing the argument with someone who can impact your life significantly is only the second worst outcome. The worst outcome is winning.
- Understand that you and the other person agree on probably 95% of issues. You want world peace, an end to hunger, your kids to be healthy and safe and allowed to choose their own lives. We disagree on very little.
- Explain that you have the same goals as your opponent, just different beliefs about how to achieve them. Only the illiberal will insist on complete adherence.
Valentina,
How to argue with someone you wish to convince needs to recognize several things.
- Honestly listen rather than thinking about what your next fatal riposte will be.
- Recognize that losing the argument with someone who can impact your life significantly is only the second worst outcome. The worst outcome is winning.
- Understand that you and the other person agree on probably 95% of issues. You want world peace, an end to hunger, your kids to be healthy and safe and allowed to choose their own lives. We disagree on very little.
- Explain that you have the same goals as your opponent, just different beliefs about how to achieve them. Only the illiberal will insist on complete adherence.
what a great few minutes Valentina, thanks. the passage here caught my attention
How did we, as a society, fail so many people? Or did they fail themselves? Can we really blame them?
and resonated because I wrote almost the same sentiment in an draft of an upcoming post -
will read the "how not to" part now, always putting the cart before the horse am I . . .