Welcome. I'm Greg McEwan and this is just the third episode of the newly minted

Greg McEwan podcast and I am with you on this journey to learn how to negotiate

with the people who matter most to you. When was the last time someone said or

did something that triggered you? How did you feel? Frustrated, angry, unsafe?

What did you say? The chances are you reacted in one of two ways, either by

shutting down, avoiding the conflict or by saying something defensive back,

cause conflict, begets conflict. Today I'm going to share a story, some things I

am learning and leave you with a specific action you can take right now to be

able to respond rather than to react to the conflict in your most

important relationships. By the end of this episode you will be able to use your

words to redirect the negative force of others towards a positive outcome.

Let's get to it.

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