I thought the topic on Conflict being necessary for our
growth in our relationships was interesting. At first, I thought this idea was
crazy. However, I thought about my own life and how conflict has helped me
develop and thought about my old job. I was a manager at Bare Escentuals, and
there was constantly conflict with customers, employees, time management etc.
While in the moment this was all stressful it helped me grow as a person,
because I was able to solve this issues better each time a new issue arrived. I
saw conflict as a challenge, which was the books way of looking at conflict,
through a positive view. I like how the book talked about conflict as a way to
improve our communication skils. On page 16, it states that, “communication
isn’t something we do to the other person, but something we do with one
another(like teamwork)”. We have to communicate in conflict situations in order
to resolve our issues. Thus, conflict makes our communication skills better, by
reaching a common goal with one another.
Hey Brittany,
ReplyDeleteI also found the idea of conflict being necessary for growth in our relationships to be very enlightening. I always thought of conflict as something you'd want to avoid in relationships, but I realize now, after reading the chapter, it is a necessary evil. The quote on page 16 is a very good representation on how we should look at conflict, as a teamwork aspect to grow. Like you, I had an experience at work that related well with this chapter:
A few weeks back a co-worker and I got very frustrated with each other at work. We ended up being okay, but then later on in the week at her house we were hanging out and we started talking about the issue we had. After spending an hour discussing it we reached a big resolution, better than we had before, and now we both feel closer to each other, as friends and coworkers.
Conflict is definitely something that makes us grow as people, friends, neighbors, lovers and coworkers. It is a balance of conflict and harmony that keeps these relationships alive. Great concept to highlight from this week's readings!
-JD
Brittany Victoria-
ReplyDeleteI really liked the quote that you used from the book. I think that the concept of communication being like teamwork is amazing. It is very important to work hard to make something run smoothly! I think that we must have been in an online class before because I remember reading about someone who was a manager at Bare Escentuals and I don’t think that there is that many people in the Comm department with that job. It sounds like conflict was something that you used as a learning process and grew from! I have been saying that the best part of conflict is the resolution and the skills that you get from solving the problem. Problem solving skills are something that we use in every aspect of life and you could not get them without first running into conflict!
BrittVictoria,
ReplyDeleteI like how you chose to write about how conflict is necessary for our growth in relationships. I couldn’t agree more with that statement, and I too think that is a very interesting statement. The example you used about working at Bare Escentuals is perfect and it made me think of my own experiences with conflict in relationships. I think that a small amount of conflict in a romantic relationship is healthy because it shows you how other people react in certain situations and you can learn a lot about them. I loved and completely agreed with your post!