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The Socratic Method
When you're in the middle of an argument, frame your disagreements in the form of questions.
This gives the other person a chance to respond without feeling cornered and threatened.
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Releasing Tension
- 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 th...
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Asking Questions
- Genuine questions to better understand the other position. After you receive and answer to them, state back...
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Defending Yourself
Finding any form of agreement is crucial in winning an argument, even if your position if perfectly logical. But you have to know exactly when you agree with someone (regar...
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The Right Mindset
- In every argument, you are not necessarily right.
- Adjusting your beliefs in the face of evidence does not diminish you.
- If you did your part of trying to understand the other position and they are still wrong, this is never because they are evil, but because they are ignor...
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Win Arguments
... without making enemies:
- Make sure you communicate you are not there to fight (using your tone of voice, for example).
- Avoid making statements; instead, ask questions.
- Defend yourself with confidence, but without coming across as antagonistic.
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Raising Your Voice
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The "counterexample method"
While the premises may be true in an argument, the conclusion may or may not be correct, making the argument invalid. Example of an incorrect argument: Some New Yorkers are rude, some of them are artists, therefore some artists are rude.
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Listen
- Give the difficult person a chance to finish without interrupting.
- Ask clarifying questions if confused, and use paraphrasing and mirroring to check the accuracy of hearing.
- Acknowledge the other person's feelings. So, if the other person is angry, say, "
Ask Questions And Listen
When you're having an argument, there are two different views involved, and maybe two different realities. Instead of making it a black and white, right or wrong argument, try to ask genuine questions to help you understand what the other person is thinking.
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