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Argue with Love: How to Have Productive Disagreements with Buster Benson • 106
Stress rises around the holidays, which means people get tense. And for a lot of people, Thanksgiving might be the first time they’ve seen their families since easter, or maybe even since the year before. So there’s a lot of calibration that goes on.⠀
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Topics like politics and religion and money are all taboo subjects. But discussions about progress shouldn’t be off-limits. ⠀
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But how do we argue while coming together instead of falling apart?⠀
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Our guest is Buster Benson. As the mastermind behind top-performing teams at Amazon, Twitter, and Slack, Buster basically mastered hard conversations in stressful environments. His article cognitive bias went so viral, viral he got a book deal. ⠀
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We’ll discuss the psychology of those awkward, unproductive conversations and how to avoid it.⠀
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Today we will learn:
- How cognitive bias affects everyone
- How to stay confident when you’re put on the spot
- How to diffuse tense moments with a few strategic questions
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