Tuesday, February 18, 2014

NEW: When you encounter resistance, disagreements, arguments, discord...

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None of us is an island, and in our quest to carve out a meaningful life, we encounter resistance. Often a lot, even more often, from people who "should" be on our side. Sometimes that person disagreeing with you is is me... if you are one of my students.

The question is: how are you going to be? Who are you going to be? Are there any tricks that make it easier than it is to live life in a sea of disagreements?

I had an experience of discord this morning, an argument ((ar·gue
?ärgyo?o/
verb
gerund or present participle: arguing

1.
give reasons or cite evidence in support of an idea, action, or theory, typically with the aim of persuading others to share one"s view.
"defense attorneys argue that the police lacked “probable cause” to arrest the driver"
synonyms: contend, assert, maintain, insist, hold, claim, reason, allege;

"they argued that the government was to blame"
persuade someone to do or not to do (something) by giving reasons.
"I tried to argue him out of it"
2.
exchange or express diverging or opposite views, typically in a heated or angry way.
"don"t argue with me"
synonyms: quarrel, disagree, squabble, bicker, fight, wrangle, dispute, feud, have words, cross swords, lock horns, be at each other"s throats; )).

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