Use ‘and,’ not ‘but.’ When you need to disagree with someone, express your contrary opinion as an ‘and.’ It’s not necessary for someone else to be wrong for you to be right. When you are surprised to hear something a teammate has said, don’t try to trump it, just add yo...
What you need to do here is compare and contrast scholars’ arguments – so if one scholar builds on another scholar’s argument, explain how. If two scholars disagree, explain what they disagree on. Try to explain rather than build on their arguments with your own opinion (that will come...
Unfortunately, sometimes we have to disagree/refuse to do something for the customer. Here are a few tips on how to politely decline.
“Practise, then, from the very beginning to say to every disagreeable impression, ‘You’re an impression and not at all what you appear to be.’ Then examine it and test it by these rules that you possess, and first and foremost by this one, whether the impression relates to those th...
I think it would be great to have the course expert answers to at least some of the listed questions in the very end of the course, so that the student can have something to agree or disagree with, instead of being “on his own” with his answers. For me, I’m doing one more ...
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So, in order for you to know that you disagree with me, what is the thing that you need to know from me first? Jeff: Well, what do you think? Annie: Right, exactly. And this is where we get into this huge problem in interpersonal communication. When people ask for feedback, ...
3. Speak up (nicely) when you disagree Not all political discussions involve real clashes of opinion these days, Brown observes. Some of the time, we’re faced with ‘bullshit’: People asserting something just because they feel obligated to comment, or because their tribe believes it, or be...
If you're about to send me an email telling me how stupid the advice on this site is, please save yourself the trouble. Trust me, I've heard all the arguments before (ad nauseum) and I simply disagree. I never write to EC websites to complain that I don't liketheiradvice, so the...
So, in order for you to know that you disagree with me, what is the thing that you need to know from me first? Jeff: Well, what do you think? Annie: Right, exactly. And this is where we get into this huge problem in interpersonal communication. When people ask for feedback, ...