Steem4nigeria Accelerator Contest Week 41: Navigating Through Conflicts

Hello steem4nigeria friends, how are you all doing trust greatly. I welcome you to my page today as I write on an important topic which is a situation everybody handles differently.

The topic for this week is Navigating Through Conflicts and I will be making my contribution. Conflict is a heated disagreement between two people or more and this can arise due to different ideas.

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How do you manage to stay calm during an argument?

Staying calm during an argument used to be difficult for me when growing but as maturity sets in I have learnt that when everyone is arguing and raising their voice on an important issue no point is made all we end up doing is struggling to be heard which makes no sense.

So how I manage to stay calm in an argument is to smile, yes smile and listen to you when you are done I give my point of view. Most times we reach to agreement.

Why is it important to listen carefully during a disagreement?

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Listening carefully brings you to a proper understanding of your opposition's point of view. Some people also give you ears when you listen to them and when you listen you assimilate important points you might miss when you engage in disagreement or argument.

When we listen carefully there would be no records of conflicts. I have a sister who never engages in an argument at any point. She gives listening ears even when you are not taking her opinion and she allows you to execute your plans and when your plans fail you, if you have the courage you fall back to her for her opinion.

Her opinion which I think if both parties had had dialogued, would have been a combined point that would have yielded a profitable result.

How does understanding someone else's feelings help in resolving conflicts?

Understanding someone else's feelings gives them a sense of freely expressing themselves even a child feels happy when you understand how he or she feels.

In resolving conflict we understand someone else feelings by listening to them carefully while they express themselves. In hearing them out we get to know what their point of view is, and their importance and be considerate

What can we do to control our anger during an argument?

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There should be something that eases you off, try and apply that whenever you are angry during an argument it helps a lot to keep you calm. Some people breathing in and out helps.

Always bear in mind that being angry does not solve any problem all it does is to bring you to a fruitless endpoint.

As I said earlier I smile, smiling calms me down it might make me look not being serious or angry. But all am doing is to calm my nerves and be stable.

In conclusion, conflicts could be avoided if both parties calmed down and listened carefully to each other's points of view for a better understanding.

I invite @rossnenye, @hisgeneral and @alexanderpeace