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Hi there. My name is Jeff Arthur with the Values Conversation. Here to talk to us today about being able to disagree and not take it personal. Now what happens so many times in relationships, whether it’s husband or wife or parent and child or coworkers or whatever that is, is if there’s a disagreement somehow someway one or both parties thinks the other person is attacking them personally. “You think I’m stupid. You don’t think I understand what you’re saying. You don’t think I understand concepts. You don’t think I can realize what’s going on.” All this and more. We become very offended because we think that our personal whatever is being attacked, whenever most of the time that’s not the case at all. Sometimes it is and that’s a whole other animal, but most of the time what happens is disagreements about the subject matter.

I want to encourage you today to be aware number one, to not wear your feelings on your shirt sleeve all the time where if somebody disagrees with you, you don’t take it as a personal attack and thinking that somebody thinks you’re crazy. The other thing to understand and the second thing to remind us all of today is to be careful how you communicate with the people around you. If you communicate in a way where they feel like you’re attacking them and everybody you communicate with thinks you’re attacking them, then you are. Don’t do that. My name is Jeff Arthur with the Values Conversation. You can find out more about us online at tvcleadership.com.