I’ve had this happen many a time with people on the
internet (forums, fb, or comment areas), with fellow employees (and bosses),
and, especially, with my parents.
When it comes to having one-on-one convos with people about
touchy subjects, hackles tend to get raised and nasty, prickly quills come out.
Touchy subjects include things like politics, philosophy, religion, and/or
football teams if you live in the South, etc. In these kinds of conversations, we need to
tread carefully…unless we’re interested in becoming human pin-cushions.
So how are we to go about communicating our opinions and
beliefs without getting our feelings
hurt (or hurting someone else’s)?
In this post, I’m
going to share 3 things that have helped me get past barriers and avoid those
dastardly porcupine quills.
