Decide whether to wait

After this risk assessment, you may decide it’s best to hold off on voicing your opinion. Maybe you haven’t finished thinking the problem through, the whole discussion was a surprise to you, or you want to get a clearer sense of what the group thinks.

If you think other people are going to...

• Conversation. Learn how to hold a decent conversation with back-and-forth dialogue. Never monopolize a discussion.
• Never gossip. 
• People’s names. Most people appreciate your effort to learn their names if you spend more than a minute or two talking with t...

So before you lash out at someone who has a different opinion– think. The ability to reason is what sets us apart, so we should do it more often. Set aside differences. Start learning about other points of view. Gather facts and make your own decisions. Then communicate ideas to solve problems in...