Do you dread difficult conversations?
Confronting issues with colleagues, employees, partners, or family members can be a significant source of anxiety and stress for many of us.
Maybe you try to avoid these conversations by assigning them to someone else to handle. Maybe you procrastinate until the last possible moment to schedule them, secretly hoping that the problems will magically resolve themselves.
If you find yourself spinning your wheels imagining the worst-case scenario outcomes to these conversations, you’re not the only one.
The culprit of our confrontation dread is often rooted in our fears about how our words will impact others.
Will they be furious? Will they blame us?
How do we move past the fear of our own impact? It starts with a pretty simple shift.
If you’re curious about how you can make peace with difficult conversations, I invite you to watch my new video:
I hope it will help you turn hard conversations into opportunities for learning and growth.
In many ways, this work starts with yourself. Listening can trigger a lot of anxiety. If that sounds like you, take a look at my post on working with anxiety, linked here.