Sun.Nov 26, 2023

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How to Resolve Conflicts Without Going Nuclear

Steve Keating

Conflicts are a part of life. To resolve conflicts without losing friends, co-workers, or even family, you need to be willing to find solutions that benefit everyone. If your goal is simply to “win” an argument or overpower the person you’re in conflict with then you’ve lost before you even started. To resolve conflicts well, you need good communication skills, empathy, and a sincere desire for real solutions.

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write short to help write with authority

Patter by Pat Thomson

One of the hardest aspects of academic writing is working out how to take a suitably authoritative stance. To be read as an expert. To sound like an authority on your topic. It’s all very well for people like me to say Well don’t be too assertive but don’t be too shrinking violet. What does this actually look like in and as a text? And it can be even more irritating when you ask the what-does-it-look-like question to have someone like me say Well it depends … I dont want to be unhelpful.

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