# Inc.com: Want to Talk About Tough Subjects Without Fighting? Do This First **URL:** \ **Category:** E-commerce Business Management\ **Created:** [February 27, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399 "2023-02-27T00:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/1 "2023-02-27T00:59:51Z")
Jeff Bezos shows up everywhere! Still a good tip, though 😉 [http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-psychologists-say-do-this-first.html](http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-psychologists-say-do-this-first.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tried\_Tested](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/tried_tested/32/10_2.png) [@Tried\_Tested](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Tried_Tested)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/2 "2023-02-27T01:34:07Z")
Psychology LUL
game theory. Best book, whatever I may personally think of psychology is John Gottman’s “The Science of Trust.” - well written with a few flaws. Now that’s a good book on people. \<3 T\_T ---
**Author:** ![Image](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/image/32/55_2.png) [@Image](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/Image)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/3 "2023-02-27T01:46:15Z")
Sorry, unrelated but we were in Inc. in the 1990’s. This goes back to my post tonight about doing a press release for SellersAskSellers. _Fact is stranger than fiction._ ---
**Author:** ![lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/lake/32/66_2.png) [@lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/lake)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/4 "2023-02-27T19:07:40Z")
Articles like this were not needed when people were taught how to debate. Debate requires discipline as well as intellectual skill. A common practice was to require debaters to argue either position in a debate. They might believe one position was the correct position but often provided a far better argument for the opposing position, than its proponents would provide today. By age 13, I was taught skills which allowed me to debate political issues in Union Square Park in NYC and in Hyde Park in London. IMO people who have the ability to debate, and know they are competent are more likely to engage in debate without irrational behavior. None of my children who went to suburban schools in an affluent community received any training or opportunity to debate. One of the failures of their education. ---
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/5 "2023-02-27T19:33:58Z")
> [@lake](#): > > A common practice was to require debaters to argue either position in a debate. > [@lake](#): > > None of my children who went to suburban schools in an affluent community received any training or opportunity to debate. My 6th grader–currently in an affluent suburban public school–is actually in Debate Club. It’s an after-school extracurricular activity, all three grades (6-8) together.\* She chose it initially only because she was out with covid when they did sign ups for extras, and this was the most appealing of the remaining _available_ options. And she recently shared that they do indeed require them to argue both sides, which surprised me for their level, but hey, I did quiz bowl (right answers only!), so what do I know about debate? 😉 She’s prettttttty awesome at it, as a compassionate, intelligent, and eloquent middle child (says her mama). đŸ€© \*My oldest went to a different but similar middle school for the IB program, and it did _not_ have Debate. ---
**Author:** ![lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/lake/32/66_2.png) [@lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/lake)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/6 "2023-02-27T19:50:23Z")
Your 6th grader is truly fortunate. Any school who encourages eloquence is truly in tune with creating people who can succeed The number of time being articulate, exceeds the advantages of intelligence is higher than one might accept. And you are entitled to sing her praises, while she is still young enough for you to still want to. I’ve refocused my paeans to my grandaughter has received straight A’s on her first semester courses in college. ---
**Author:** ![SawleMill](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/sawlemill/32/747_2.png) [@SawleMill](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/SawleMill)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/7 "2023-02-28T13:29:05Z")
> [@lake](#): > > None of my children who went to suburban schools in an affluent community received any training or opportunity to debate. But they got safe spaces
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**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/8 "2023-02-28T13:49:45Z")
> [@SawleMill](#): > > they got safe spaces
 Nope, they were GenX. ---
**Author:** ![ShoePeople](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/shoepeople/32/22_2.png) [@ShoePeople](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/ShoePeople)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/9 "2023-02-28T17:23:50Z")
Aside from proper debating skills being taught, common sense has disappeared as has nuance. For me nuance left once text became the official language of humanity. As we said frequently, where is the sarcasm font? Just look at any “social media challenge” and you see that common sense is totally washed away. YOLO being what it is/was, but you can still YOLO while using some common sense. ---
**Author:** ![papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/papy/32/7639_2.png) [@papy](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/papy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/10 "2023-02-28T18:14:03Z")
YOLO doesn’t mean “you only live once so keep it short”. It means [**“you oughta look out”**](https://youtu.be/xZGahvrep3o) 😆 (@ASV_Vites) ---
**Author:** ![SawleMill](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/sawlemill/32/747_2.png) [@SawleMill](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/SawleMill)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/11 "2023-02-28T18:21:10Z")
> [@papy](#): > > YOLO doesn’t mean “you only live once so keep it short”. đŸ€” I’m skeptical
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**Author:** ![lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/user_avatar/sellersasksellers.com/lake/32/66_2.png) [@lake](https://sellersasksellers.com/u/lake)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://sellersasksellers.com/t/inc-com-want-to-talk-about-tough-subjects-without-fighting-do-this-first/399/12 "2023-02-28T19:14:06Z")
> [@SawleMill](#): > > But they got safe spaces My kids are 50 and above. They were affected by societal aberrations but safe spaces came later.