The Importance of the Disagreement

Is the disagreement real and is the topic important enough? Yeah. And then the fourth on the list is about the reasons why the parties are engaging in the disagreement. So, imagine another person is just coming in to hurt your feelings or to vent or to pick a fight. That's a moment to say, hey, I'm not engaging in this disagreement with you if that's the reason why you're coming into it. There may be other ways to talk about the issue. It may be that I just hear you out if what you have to do is vent but we're not going to have a disagreement about this.