Dealing with Dis-agreements with Empathy.

How often we find ourselves in a situation or a conversation where are thought process varies/differs.

A lot more on a personal front than professional. But yes, disagreements are a part of life.

So, what do we do? There is definitely no ONE universal solution to multi-faceted circumstances we will deal in life - today and tomorrow.

However, there are ways we can deal with the situation differently, more appropriately - think, pause and respond, read it again, respond and not react.

Now let’s say you have an issue of a car park. I know, I choose the most basic examples to make sure you can relate well. - Instead of going, shouting, howling making it everyone’s problem. What else can we do?

I am assuming you have already tried chatting politely with the counter-party once/twice but it hasn’t borne much to your advantage..

Now let’s change the way we looked at the issue from a different perspective. Let’s try to understand why the person is constantly hovering overing your parking? Are they finding it difficult to park somewhere? Are they comparatively new to driving and yours is an easier parking and they don’t want to admit? Is it nearer to the lift and they have really young kids to deal with and it becomes convenient for them?

The change not only brought you perspective resulting into a feeling of Empathy. You tried to be in their place and gave it a thought.

After which you have a better understanding or at-least a preview of possible concerns, and now when you discuss the issue with the responsible person. Not only are you calm and composed but also have a well-sought scenario analysis on how can this be fixed.

See, how a small change in thought led to you absolutely avoiding a possible unbecoming discussion.

Until next time, think, think and think. But don’t overthink.