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SYSK Choice: Critical Steps to Quality Sleep & The Secret to Productive Disagreements

Something You Should Know

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The Commonality of Different Points of View

There's very good evidence for behavioral science that says when we confront people with points of view that are oppositional to what they believe really strongly, you get a backlash effect. It can actually cause them to cling to their existing beliefs even more strongly. So going in with that mindset and that attitude doesn't help you. But it is not a useful goal in and of itself to have conversations structured around convincing the other person that they're wrong. A conversation that says, I'm actually here to not necessarily change my own mind, but at least understand why there might be points of view That are not the same as mine.

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