A Search For (My) Life

I have many differing degrees of relationships with the people in my life. To split it up crudely, I have some best friends (I apply that term to more than one person), a larger group of friends, an even larger group of acquaintances. On a separate plane, I have my family.
I have been giving some […]

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My final point on arguing brings back a topic I talked about earlier last month. Listening. I believe one of the hardest things about arguing (or we can use the nicer term ‘debating’, as someone mentioned last week), is the necessity to listen to an opposing viewpoint.
I am usually guilty of cutting someone off during […]

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This time I’m discussing why arguing fails as good communication because it’s easier to begin to argue the person, rather than the topic.
This is easily the most frustrating and confusing part of arguing for me. There seem to be a split between the type of person who can argue intensely a topic dear to their […]

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Arguing seems to get a bad rap in our culture. Why is it that we have such negative connotations with such a useful way of passing ideas? I believe its for 3 reasons:

It is easy to argue with the wrong goal in mind. (It’s not to ‘win’)
It is easy to begin to argue the person, […]

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