What Happens When You Don’t Participate in Arguments or Controversy? - podcast episode cover

What Happens When You Don’t Participate in Arguments or Controversy?

Sep 14, 202031 minEp. 146
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Episode description

The 6 Principles for Cultivating Open-Hearted Personal LeadershipThe 1st Principle: Non-Contention

The simple act of compassionate, open-hearted listening reduces the threat response for another person talking. As a result, the energy of the person speaking is mirrored back to us in ways we are not conscious of but that we sense and interpret as providing safety. 

This feeling of safety (the lack of threat) diffuses the potential for opposition and argument and offers the opportunity to foster and cultivate new relationships

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https://medium.com/the-ascent/what-happens-when-you-dont-participate-in-arguments-or-controversy-c443b1e33743

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