Let's Have It Out
Actionable, reassuring, and concrete advice to help you assert your wants and needs. I’ll teach you how to argue without fighting, and negotiate without (excessive) worry.
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Have the short-term fight to maintain a long-term relationship (opens the original)
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Priya Parker says fighting keeps people togetherThe Art of Fighting is essentially a sequel to Priya Parker’s The Art of Gathering. Her earlier book taught groups how to create meaningful connections and experiences together. After a successful gathering, if you want to stick together and keep the group going, you have to learn how to fight.</
Learn from your internal “no” (opens the original)
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Last month, we talked about the gift of a direct “no” — how it can feel harsh in the moment, but gives someone the certainty that lets them move on to other options.Certainty is hard to come by, even when we’re making a decision on our own. Should we stay or go? Speak up or stay silent? We can’t know the consequences until we decide, so how do we decide?When every option seems like a “maybe,” take a break from figuring out the right option. Instead, take a look at the unequivocally wrong one.Som
The gift of a direct "no" (opens the original)
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My latest in Psychology Today is short and simple, but worth considering: The Gift of a Direct No.Recently I was offered an exciting opportunity, and pursued it, and then after a while the person offering it just sort of faded away.I caught myself checking my email, still hoping that I’d hear from them. And mentally replaying our last interactions, picking apart the things I said that might have put them off. And fee
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