The person who needs to win every argument is usually losing something bigger.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

A need to win every exchange is expensive, and the bill is paid in closeness rather than in points. People stop bringing you problems and start managing you instead of talking to you, which from the inside looks like a winning streak. The record improves while the relationships thin out.

Pick one disagreement this week and let it end unresolved on purpose. Say that you see the other side, mean it, and do not add a final clause. Watch what happens to the conversation afterwards, since that was the thing actually at stake.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Who have you pushed away by needing the last word?

MORE IN MEANING & PERSPECTIVE

Free, with nothing to buy inside it.