Chapter 14. Turning Your Conflicts into Creative Opportunities

While having peace and harmony in relationships and within oneself are ideals, some conflicts are almost inevitable. When we relate to others, we encounter people with different goals, values, interests, and priorities. And individually, we can be torn by different choices and uncertainties about which of our different goals, values, interests, and priorities are most applicable in a particular situation. A key goal of using the conflict resolution techniques in this book is to resolve a conflict and restore harmony. At the same time, you can use conflict as a source of learning and personal growth in a number of ways, using your intuition to build on your knowledge about the situation ...

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