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When the conversation gets heated, we tend to raise our voices and talk faster. This is a dangerous path because now the ability of both sides to change their minds is close to zero. We dig even deeper into our initial positions and beliefs and no matter how good an argument is, it is not going to be received by the other side.
You can sense this happening when people rush to talk over one another.
Slowing things down: take a deep breath before speaking, to create a pause, to reduce the tension and to open up the other person to your position.
Inflections: upward inflections are good for de-escalating conflict because they show you are not there to control and command.
The ability to crack a joke and the ability to take a joke and laugh make you more persuasive, give the impression of being on the same side and release the tension.
From conflicts with colleagues or family, frustrations at work, or even being stuck in traffic - our daily lives are not short on stress. These common upsets - "psychosocial stressors" - incite our emotions, and our brains are equipped with strategies to help regulate them: we might use self-control to override the instinct to focus only on the negative, or reframe stressful situations in a different light to make them less distressing.
According to a study, spending time in nature, or even just looking at scenes of nature, may help you recover faster from subsequent stressful experiences.
If we buy non-essential items, are we further endangering the people who make and box and deliver those things? Or does shopping provide much-needed support to crippled businesses?
As shopping for non-essentials becomes a luxury, our old habits of ordering whatever we want, whenever we feel like ordering, is now making many of us feel guilty. Brands are eager to restart th...
This seems to be the new mantra among the responsible people who are worried about themselves and their families. Large supply chains have a greater chance of transmitting diseases. Small shops also need our business to survive this catastrophe.
These small shops are also trying very hard to follow all CDC recommendations regarding protective gear and social distancing.