Your Opinion Valued
His opinion was as blunt as suggesting I get a new nose. It wasn’t helpful or realistic. Had he been talking to someone else, he might have gotten a punch in the nose, or worse! Getting your opinion heard is easy; getting it considered valuable is different....Spiral Daily 23
The best questions beg an answer, spark innovation, diffuse negative conflict, and build influence. What do you want that you don’t have? This question defines your intention. To resolve conflict focusing on intention is key to finding movement toward...Is it a feeling or a knife?
It was a downward spiral, guided by a therapist to boot! Okay, okay, it was a television show, but a lot of people take their cues from entertainment. “I feel that you are not listening to me,” and “I feel that you are always cutting me off,”...It takes just one
The spark from the conflict vanished as quickly as a newbie scout trying to light a fire by rubbing sticks; nobody else noticed the incident between Frick and Frack. However, everyone around Frick and Frack felt the effects of incident, the burn, for a week. The...When is banana a sword?
A banana can’t really hurt you. A friend offered me a banana recently. She was so intent on me having one I got irritated… I just don’t like bananas! I responded a little defensively; I was not as gracious as I would have liked. It caused me to...
Karen Valencic
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