68. Key skills to manage interpersonal conflict

This is part 2 of my interview with Todd Kashdan, Ph.D.

Key Takeaways

• How to persuade others skillfully
• How intolerance and speed of uncertainty feed into rigid thinking
• The connection between persuasion skills and acceptance and commitment skills
• The difference between task-oriented problem solving and relationship problems
• What is cognitive diversity and how it plays in our group interactions
• How to use cognitive defusion when dealing with interpersonal difficulties
• Why viewpoint diversity is good
• How to spark curiosity, not fear
• How to build stronger alliances during conflict

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