10 Golden Rules for Arguing Only About the Problem (Not the Person)

  • Publish date: Sunday، 16 November 2025 Reading time: 1 min read

Attack the issue, not the person

No name-calling. Ever.

Don’t use “always” and “never”

Stay in the present

Assume good intentions

No eye-rolling or dismissive body language

Don’t generalize their personality

Listen to understand, not to rebut

Take timeouts when it gets personal

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You know, I was just thinking about that conversation we had yesterday the one where we almost went down that rabbit hole of making it personal. And it’s weird but I realized how easy it is to slip from “this thing you did” to “you’re the problem.” And that that never ends well.

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