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Conflict Owner's Manual

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114 Is perspective taking a skill that diffuses conflict?

December 14, 2025 • Dr. Deborah Sword, with co-host Tyson Bankert • Season 4 • Episode 114

What happens when your discomfort with taking risks clashes with someone's need to be on time? Or, you think your comment is realistic but someone calls you a negative thinker for saying it?
We show how to use Perspective Taking to turn differences in opinions and values into conversations before they become conflicts.

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Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share.

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