How to Overcome Conflicts at Your Job

Conflict does not have the power to defeat us; what brings us down is how we relate to the conflict. Sometimes when we find ourselves in a difficult situation, managing our emotions and beliefs around the conflict is more important than diving into the bag of tools and techniques to fix the situation.
How we handle a conflict depends largely on how positively we feel about our strength to dismantle it.

How do we gain the strength? By investing time each day in what matters most. For instance, we gain physical strength by eating, exercising, and sleeping; emotional strength by doing what we love; intellectual strength by gaining knowledge and spiritual strength by believing in ourselves or a
power greater than us. In other words, we build capacity to become resilient towards conflicts.  Our resilience depends upon how much we nurture these four aspects of being human.

When we are drained in one or more of these areas,  we often feel disconnected or confused, which makes it more difficult to see possibilities and alternative ways of handling a situation. When we are energized, we can more easily move beyond conflicts.  There is a sense of connection, clarity and the capacity to make the impossible possible.

The choice is yours - where will you choose to spend your time and energy?