Disagreement or just a different perspective?

When it comes to relationships of any kind (professional, romantic, platonic) one of the most important things you can do is change how you look at things.

What do I mean by this?

When a disagreement arises, that is a critical point that can strengthen and deepen a relationship or it can begin to chip away at it.

A disagreement is just a chink in the road where you both share a different perspective on a particular matter.

And how well you get through it depends on how willing you both are to understand each other.

Often when we have disagreements, for whatever reason, we tend to become defensive. We dig our heels in and focus on getting our point across.

We want to be understood first and foremost, but this is where things can get sticky.

Being understood is important, don’t get me wrong.

But you can’t both be trying to get your point across at the same time.

Someone has to talk and someone has to listen in order for the conflict resolution to be productive.

Resolving a conflict is absolutely the wrong time to be stubborn. “My way or the highway” won’t get you anywhere.

It can be difficult to remain calm and think of the other person, but resolution cannot happen if you each person is only willing to see things from their own perspective.

Pride and ego drives people apart, whereas understanding brings people together.

The voice of each person in the relationship matters.

Making someone feel understood can be so simple a lot of the time. Sometimes it’s as simple expressing gratitude, showing them that they are seen and their contribution is appreciated.

Even setting your ego aside, putting yourself in their shoes and showing up for them in a way that they need in that moment could also turn things around.

Ultimately, you have to ask yourself this: do you want work together or do you want to be right?

The choice is always yours.

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