Cooperative Conversation Without Competition
- A good conversation is a joint effort, with each person building on the other, and this ‘construction’ of trust and cooperation does not have any space for competitiveness or one-upmanship.
- When we try to impress, disagree with, or argue with the other person with an aim to 'win', we do not deepen our relationship.
- Winning an argument is a temporary win and a loss in the long run.
- We need to aim for creating mutual knowledge instead of making the other person subscribe to our mindset.
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