46 How to decide whether to engage in, ignore or avoid conflict
03/13/25 • 5 min
Your values and many other factors influence your decision to engage with conflict, how you engage, or if you won't engage. You have more choices than you know. In making your decisions, ask yourself, How Is This About Me (H.I.T.A.M.) and Why Am I Talking (W.A.I.T.).
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Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share.
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Your values and many other factors influence your decision to engage with conflict, how you engage, or if you won't engage. You have more choices than you know. In making your decisions, ask yourself, How Is This About Me (H.I.T.A.M.) and Why Am I Talking (W.A.I.T.).
Send us a text. We love hearing from you.
Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share.
Please subscribe to our podcast, like it, share it, leave comments (we love comments), ask questions and suggest topics you'd like to hear. Thank you for listening.
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Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share.
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Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share.
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