So then, the foremost way to solve conflict is to avoid conflict in the
first place. As long as you treat others with respect, even in response
to disrespect, you will avoid a conflict. You may have not been a success
in the past at avoiding conflict. However, your entire future is based
upon making a better choice next time. You only have to make one good choice
at a time.
Are you already in the middle of a conflict?
No matter what the conflict is, it is the same solution
as for avoiding conflict in the first place. Why is that? It is because there
is nothing you can do to undue what you have already done. You cannot change
what you have done. Neither can you change what has already been done to you.
However, there is one thing that you can do. You can change
what your next choice is going to be. If you are in the middle of a conflict
that you wish to solve, everything depends on your next choice. Perhaps the
other person is not ready to stop being disrespectful to you. Perhaps someone
is an ongoing source of irritation and conflict for you. You cannot change
them. You cannot make their next choice for them. However, you can make a better
choice for your own self. You can choose not to return disrespect for disrespect.
The key to making better choices is to accept full
responsibility for
your own past choices. No one forced you to make the choices that you did.
We love to accept all of the credit for our good choices and none of the
blame for our bad choices. Accept the full responsibility for all the
choices that you have made.
Be fearlessly honest with yourself.
This is the first step for you to take.
The next step is to learn. Learn about your character strengths.
Learn which character strengths you use in a genuine way and which you use
in a counterfeit way.
- Become willing to take a close look at your own self.
- Become willing to see the big picture of your dominant character traits.
- Then become willing to make positive changes ...one good choice at a time!
Solving
Conflicts Part Two is a vital and unprecedented tool to help you take
a closer look at your own self. It will be an adventure of learning
and of self-discovery. You can choose your outcome of the journey.
You cannot choose the way other people treat
you. You cannot choose whether they treat you with respect or disrespect.
However, you can choose the way you treat other people.
You can choose to
be the one who treats other people with respectfulness. Your own confidence
will grow. You can make better choices in your own character Qualities so
that people will learn to have confidence in you.
Awareness of your character
strengths is at the heart of making better choices for yourself.
You can write your own future, one good choice at a time.
Are you willing to begin the journey?
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