There are many connections one can make between the Strength Deployment Inventory® and the concepts and behaviors taught in Crucial Conversations. Today’s article highlights some. What complementary or overlapping ideas do you notice? Tell us in the comments.
Strength Deployment Inventory
Why People Get Defensive about a Normal Question
by Ryan Trimble
Why do people get defensive about a normal question? Isn’t that a “you” problem?
Signed, Don’t Get It
Yes, when people get defensive about a normal question, it’s a “you” problem. But if you hope or need to communicate with them, it’s also your problem.
Before I explain, let me first clarify for other readers what a “you” problem is.
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One of the most harmful things we can do to others is burden them with our unconscious material, yet we all sin in this manner. The best we can do is become more conscious of our inner stories, and thereby more understanding of ourselves and others.
