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People enjoy being right and telling everyone they can about it.

A former friend, enjoyed creating conflict around himself. If he wasn’t arguing with someone, manipulating a conversation or out right telling someone that they were wrong, he wasn’t happy. I on the other hand, have always been a very even tempered person and have always had a distaste for conflict so as you can imagine it was difficult to maintain a friendship with him.

In the end the friendship broke down because he believed that he was right and was more concerned with maintaining his position (never admitting to being wrong) that he fabricated stories to prove that he was correct.

The truth is that everyone likes to believe that their world view is the correct one. So when we tell someone they are wrong we are also telling them their beliefs are off target as well.

Rather then taking the approach of telling them that we are right-they are wrong, wouldn’t it be more fruitful to take a better tact? For instance, in the case of an arguement between two co-workers. Would it not suit the sometimes heated situation to approach them in a way that doesn’t raise their hackles? You may be right, Dave but have you ever considered…

It is sometimes difficult for anyone to admit that they may be wrong and that goes for everyone. Recognize that nobody knows the answer, approach a situation with a little more understanding, and admit that you my be wrong. It doesn’t matter if you know beyond all shadow of a doubt, respecting peoples opinions will get you many many times further than beating them over the head with your own opinion.

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