Before you can resolve a conflict, it helps first to decide what you want to accomplish.
- Are you trying to change someone’s mind about a personal belief? Are you defending yourself or a loved one?
- What’s more important: the issue or the person?
If you can’t answer these questions, then why are you involving yourself in the conflict? Maybe the best thing to do is drop it.
Also, no matter how well you argue your case, there’s always a chance that you won’t get what you want. If that happens, you may want to cut your losses and walk away.
A good way to end a conflict is to agree to disagree.
This means that you and the other person are willing to live with the fact that you have different opinions, different goals, and different ways of going about things. Life goes on, and there’s no point in dwelling on what did or didn’t happen, or what is right or wrong.
