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Marlene Chism: Dealing with conflict

Marlene Chism: Dealing with conflict

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Marlene Chism: Dealing with conflict

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(upbeat music) - A friend of mine and I were working out at the GM and we were talking about all kinds of things. In fact, one of the things we were talking about was my new mission and that was to improve communication and relationships everywhere. I had a great relationship with her but we kept talking and then we started discussing things like politics, religion, things that can get people kind of heated and she was getting very argumentative and I kind of felt backed into a corner, so I did what I do when I feel defensive and I rolled my eyes. Well, that's fine, we don't have to discuss it. And that triggered her and she went off and she said you think you know so much, you think you're so smart, you think you're gonna discount what I'm saying and I just kinda stood back and didn't know where to go with that and it really hurt my feelings, that was not our relationship. And it bothered me and so I did what a lot of people do when something bothers them: you talk to other people…

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