Stop Trying to Win an Argument

Communication tips from a recovering arguing addict

Steve Almond
Forge
Published in
5 min readFeb 28, 2020

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When I was a kid, there was one thing I constantly heard from adults: “I’ll bet you plan to be a lawyer when you grow up.”

This was, of course, a polite way of observing that I argued incessantly. I argued with my brothers and my parents and my aunts and uncles and grandparents. I argued with…

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Steve Almond
Forge
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Steve Almond is the author of eleven books and co-author of three children. More mishagoss at stevealmondjoy.org