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How to Be Awesome at Your Job · 2026-07-02 · 43 min · 7,255 words

1165: How to Have Better Disagreements with Julia Minson

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Almost everything in disagreement that feels really good to ourselves. It's probably destructive to the relationship. It's very hard to wield influence if you keep walking away from people and walking away from conversations because you don't think that they're sort of worthy. of being engaged with. That's Julia Menson.

She's a psychologist and lecturer from the Harvard Kennedy School who specializes in the study of disagreement and conflict. Her work focuses on how people can communicate across differences without conversations becoming hostile or unproductive. Her new book, How to Disagree Better, is a guide on how to disagree without burning bridges. So you'll learn one, the HEAR framework for productive disagreements. Two.

The key to avoiding a stalemate in an argument And three. Simple phrases that communicate curiosity instead of judgment. I'm Pebekitis, this is how to be awesome at your job, and now Use Julia.

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