Remain Unaffected By Others

Be sympathetic to the views of others. It may not be your viewpoint but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Disagreements with other people is something that we will all encounter at various points in our lives. It is therefore important from an early age that we learn how to manage disagreements and move on successfully from them.

It is often said that standing up for what you believe in is important, but what happens when you don't? If you don't stand up for what you believe in, things can be destroyed. Standing up for yourself can also inspire others to stand up with you for the cause.

• It always important not to take sides and to let all parties involved have their say one a time without being interrupted.

At least once in your life, you will encounter someone with a different opinion than you. You will hit a wall with ideas. Someone will voice their opinion against what you believe, and it will hurt. Everyone can remember an experience where they felt this, and everyone knows how it feels when your opinion is rejected.

I liked this because I (and most other people) can relate to this. I often try to debate things then realize that I cannot change the person’s mind. For example, things like abortion, religious beliefs, and equality are not debatable because one cannot change another’s beliefs.

‘’You can not be afraid to speak up or speak out for what you believe.’’

I once feared greatly of speaking my mind but I have reached the conclusion that I should always, no matter if people think I am wrong, rebellious, or alone, speak my truths as I know them to

“Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone,” this quote with an unknown author states a saying that could help save a person from being bullied, abused, or liberate a life to suicide. It is no question that every person should stand up for what they believe in, yet some are held back by moral cowardness.

In order for society to accept people unlike ourselves, we must learn to have tolerance for their views. Emphasis on differing views and the importance of tolerating them is shown when Ronald J. Allen wrote “with controversy comes debate, enlightenment, and renewed commitment” (Allen 20). Tolerating contrasting ideas to our own brings new arguments and

It is better to make decisions with the help of other people because you can get their opinion and experience to think about your future.

Often times it can be difficult if not impossible to make what you think at that moment will be the right choice. One of the biggest factors that will hold people back is that to too often than not we are not completely clear on what type of result or outcome we want from a situation. Think about it, if you don’t really know what kind of result you want it is going to be pretty hard to know what choice is going to be the right one. So what do you do? You get a clear understanding, before you make any choice. Think about its effects in the long term, and short term. Knowing exactly what you want is very powerful. We have all heard the golden rule; do onto others as you would have them do onto you. This is probably one of the most important ideas to keep in mind when making good choices. When we are young a lot of us develop this me, me, me, attitude. We want all the toys, and we don’t want to share. Now this mentality may get us a lot of toys, but it defiantly doesn’t help you make friends. In this day and age a large part of personal success is based on working with others to achieve our goals. If we can help others get what they want, it will be much easier and they will be much more willing to help us get what we want. So when making any choice it is always ideal to think about how can I

Learn to Handle Criticism – To maintain a sense of self-respect we need to learn how to deal with criticism and not take it personally, but to look at it from a detached perspective. Maybe it is false, in which case we should ignore it. If there is some truth we

Listen to others. When listening to others, people learn how others feel. People will tell you about their life, the good and bad times. It will help you grow as a person and learn how to be

No matter the time or place, there is always an opposite. As individuals who each have opinions or beliefs, there will always be someone who stands to oppose them. When faced with these moments, individuals have the opportunity to use skills to effectively communicate with someone who possess a different view.