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13 Lose a Disagreement To Build a Relationship
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too . . .
—From “If” by Rudyard Kipling
People are almost always the key to a more rewarding and successful life. Unfortunately (or if you master a wiser view, thank God) people are different and frequently disagree.
When we find ourselves in one of these disagreements, we are presented with the golden seeds of opportunity in what at first glance looks like the weeds of misfortune. The key is to resist the compulsion to always try to win. There is a time to win and a time to lose. At least it ...
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