I watched the Beware Conflicts of Interests which gave me a new insight I haven't thought about deeply. That is conflicts can be good, despite the negative connotation that the word "conflict" has i think that it has a positive connotation as well. Conflict can show differences and problems that are brought to light and now can be fixed. Conflicts can be troublesome if not taken care of with care, if we can approach conflicts in things like arguments and everyday speech we can improve our standard of living.
The hardest part of conflicts would have to be the initial feeling of dread and annoyance, in my experiences with conflicts I haven't always approached them correctly and it only ended with more problems. Dan Ariely the speaker for the TedTalk, mention at the end how it could be positive. He said that if we know why we failed we can improve and fix those failures. I think this applies to arguments as well, if their is common ground then you can look at the conflicts objectively.
Our interests also play a part in how we see conflicts, of course people will side with what they say and this is only natural, however the human mind can favor your side and not allow you to look at it objectively which skews your reasoning. We can discard data if it doesn't support our wants and keep data if it does. In all of this I believe that to achieve good conversations despite conflicts we can learn from those conflicts and come up with a solution that will benefit.
-Daniel Kerlagon
-Daniel Kerlagon
Thank you for sharing that you’ve wrongly approached a conflict before because many people find a challenge in accepting that, but what they don’t know is that they can learn from their mistake. This applies to everyone because I highly doubt that there is a person out there who naturally faces conflict professionally as children up until their adults. Settling differences is a skill, never a trait.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing that you’ve wrongly approached a conflict before because many people find a challenge in accepting that, but what they don’t know is that they can learn from their mistake. This applies to everyone because I highly doubt that there is a person out there who naturally faces conflict professionally as children up until their adults. Settling differences is a skill, never a trait.
ReplyDeleteConflicts involve us to use our brains and to fix the problem with whatever situation we are in. They give us a learning experience for the real world and help to give us real life conflicts for the future.
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