I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World

Summary

Start building bridges instead of barriers! This essential guide offers a simple five-part framework that will help you have honest and enlightening conversations despite deep and fundamental disagreements.

Divisions are on the rise around the world, and 2024 may well be a peak year. We're losing the ability to disagree without dehumanizing. There is a deep need for this practical and accessible guide to having challenging conversations in any situation, from the workplace to the classroom to the dinner table.

It's not about saying the right words at the right time but something vastly deeper. In this book, you'll discover the five pillars of respectfully disagreeing: Challenge Your Perspective, Be the Student, Cultivate Your Curiosity, Seek the Gray, and Agree to Respect.

With a wide range of examples and exercises throughout, this is a timely and user-friendly handbook to disagreeing with someone's ideology while passionately pursuing their humanity.