Tough Conversations – Another Perspective 

Tough conversations at work can leave you feeling upset, hurt, and downright angry. Often, these emotions continue to build and build as you reflect on what was said.

I know I have experienced this, and I’m sure you have, too. Yet, what I want to explore here is how can you turn this negative experience into something positive, one from which you can learn.

My opinion is that if you have to suffer all the negative emotions of feeling hurt, pi**ed, and disappointed when you have tough conversations, you might as well take some good learning from it, right? What do you think?

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