Week Six Writing Assignment

Through reading chapter 7 and 8, I learned the effective ways of managing conflicts and difficulties. I have never experienced such a sever condition as Shackleton did but I strongly felt it was valuable for everybody in a team to try to resolve problems early and to have celebration and humor.

In this blog, I will write three possible ways as supposing to having conflicts with friends in my club activities or classes. (Related to expedition log in chapter 7).

Firstly, to believe and imagine better relationship with the friends after conflicts make me have positive feeling about conflicts. This thought allows me not only to reduce my anger but also to regard conflict not as bother thing but as a chance to grow me up and to have better relationship with others.

Secondly, to talk directly with my friends about conflicts often reduces my anger. There may be possible to finish the discussions only with listening to or saying complains, but  we can probably get better understanding each other which allows me to release myself from anger.

Finally, having time after the conflicts can refresh my mind. Although it is very difficult to completely forget the conflicts, doing something that I can concentrate on is important. Dancing, singing, watching funny TV programs and studying are good examples. Through these activities, I can often get other perspectives to solve the conflicts.

Although it is hard for me to practice these ways when I actually have conflicts, I will try to use this method for reducing my anger and building better relationship with my friends.