Evening - How to Win Arguments

This is a bonus evening mantra.

Jennifer Cray is a life coach, meditation teacher and yoga teacher for Living Lit Up, based in Brisbane. You can deepen your meditation practices with her on Insight Timer.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:05):
Appoche production. Hi, I'm Jennifer Crai. Welcome to your evening mantra.
If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or
lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, relax your ears, relax

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your jaw, relax your shoulders down, and bring your attention
to your breath, drawing your breath down into your throat.

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Good debates can be fun, bring forth new ideas, show
different perspectives. When arguing causes tension and stress, it becomes

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a lose lose situation where nobody, not even you, can win.
The best way to win an argument is to avoid
it in the first place. Change the subject, or make

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a silly interrupt Do you smell popcorn? If it's too
late and you've already entered.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
The argument, exit grace. Exit gracefully and as quick as possible.
You can say, let me think about that will buy
you time to have a better exit strategy where you

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could acknowledge that they may be right. It doesn't mean
that they're right, but it means that you'll consider what
they've said.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
And that you've heard them. It creates a softening in
the other person, or you can just apologize. It's the
ultimate argument diffuser It shows sympathy and compassion, a loving

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care for the other person, allowing them to save face.
It's better to be kind than to be right. Today's mantra,
I AM understanding and compassionate. Repeat to yourself, either out

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loud or in your mind, I am understanding and compassionate.
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