Optimism is Vital to Your Ability to Skillfully Resolve Conflict

In my last article, I wrote about the first step to skillful conflict resolution being awareness. You watch how you unfold in the world in response to conflict situations. Through the act of observation, you then disrupt your stimulus-response “programs.” Your programs are the dominant conflict resolution style that you have adopted during your early years even though you are not aware that it is a program. Notably, it lacks strategy, and largely underserves both you and the greater collective good of humanity.   

Research tells us that children are the most susceptible to downloading programs including programs in relation