Getting sucked into an endless and pointless debate is such a waste of time. It drains energies, and you lose goodwill. This leads to a loss of trust, and the downward spiral begins in the relationship.<\/p>\n

Why do we get sucked into such debates? Here are a few reasons:<\/p>\n

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• Poor identification of priorities. Don’t you have something better to do?<\/li>\n
• Lack of self control. Arguing just feels so good!<\/li>\n
• Ignorance of the real issues.<\/li>\n
• You or your co-worker may have a point, and need to be heard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  If time is money, a lot of money is being wasted in the workplace. Positions harden and conflicts escalate. Symptoms are attacked while the problem festers.<\/p>\n

  Time to market is critical. Ends are sometimes more important than means. Find a productive way of being heard. Now that<\/em> is a challenge worth pursuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Getting sucked into an endless and pointless debate is such a waste of time. It drains energies, and you lose goodwill. This leads to a loss of trust, and the downward spiral begins in the relationship. Why do we get sucked into such debates? Here are a few reasons: Poor identification of priorities. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"no"},"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1042\/revisions\/1048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategyexecutioninstitute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}