Great advice! The danger of a sharp tongue and a rapier wit is that the blade can have unintended victims—sometimes it can unintentionally sever an important relationship. Using it sparingly and wisely has been a lesson I wish I had learned earlier.
Wowzer, you just gave a graduate-level course on conflict resolution…without any fluff and your signature dose of common sense. Excellent. And you’re so right about the ways these skills can be put to good use in a writing career. Many would not call it a high-conflict career, but any time you’re dealing with other people, the potential is there.
How very generous of you to say all that! I appreciate it. Conflict resolution has been one of the toughest things I have had to learn and face in my life. I work at it daily and still lose my cool.
Good article. Very relatable. I felt like I could have written this about myself.
Great advice! The danger of a sharp tongue and a rapier wit is that the blade can have unintended victims—sometimes it can unintentionally sever an important relationship. Using it sparingly and wisely has been a lesson I wish I had learned earlier.
Amen, brother!
... and I love your choice of images for your posts!
Ah thanks, Mike--I like choosing the images so they make me feel a response, and they avoid being a picture of a pen with a laptop from Unsplash!!
Wowzer, you just gave a graduate-level course on conflict resolution…without any fluff and your signature dose of common sense. Excellent. And you’re so right about the ways these skills can be put to good use in a writing career. Many would not call it a high-conflict career, but any time you’re dealing with other people, the potential is there.
How very generous of you to say all that! I appreciate it. Conflict resolution has been one of the toughest things I have had to learn and face in my life. I work at it daily and still lose my cool.
Great info. Thank you.