Ways to Turn a Potential Argument Into Respectful and Productive Conversation

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🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.5	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me
0:25.2	24-7 at Dr.gora.com. I don't like arguing. I don't like debating. I don't like arguing. I don't like it.
0:35.2	And I don't much do it.
0:39.2	So what do you do instead if you're in a situation where it's clearly an argument?
0:45.6	In a store with neighbors, family, friends, it's an argument.
0:51.0	How do you avoid it?
0:53.9	Everybody, just everybody who's reasonably healthy doesn't like arguing and
0:58.3	doesn't like conflicts but I'm going to show you how you can avoid it and still have an
1:07.3	interaction that hopefully leads to a win-win a A lot of you people, think about it.
1:12.9	You get into these verbal skiffs with people, and you want to win.
1:18.5	You want to prove them wrong or get them to agree with you.
1:25.4	If you can do a win-win, it's much so what do i mean by that if you argue giving the
1:35.1	impression that you want to learn something it makes people receptive to your views.
1:50.8	Interesting brief article in ink.com, I-N-C-com.
1:56.9	To me, these articles always state the obvious,
2:04.4	but the obvious doesn't seem to be too obvious too many people, so let's go over that.
2:10.4	If you just simply challenge somebody, you're wrong.
2:22.9	They become an enemy, even if you give them great evidence, like facts. However, if you make the other person feel like you want to learn something in a very clever way, there's a microscopic
2:30.2	possibility that they might be open to learning from you.
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