Dear Vaccine Vexed,

You can always say nothing. Just because you disagree doesn’t mean you need to vocalize that disagreement. If you’re feeling irritated, changing the story you tell yourself is a more effective antidote than trying to change your friend, which I'll expound on below.

But if you feel you must speak up, here is a principle I want you to consider: how you talk about a difficult issue is more important than getting others to agree with you on the issue. If you understand and live by this principle, you can find understanding and connection no matter the topic; sometimes you can even find agreement.

Priya Parker is a facilitator, advisor, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters, and the host of the New York Times podcast, Together Apart. For 15 years she has helped leaders and communities hold difficult conversations about community and identity during moments of transition. Parker has extensive training in conflict resolution and has worked on race relations on American campuses and on peace processes in the Arab world, southern Africa, and India. Join her and other luminaries at REACH 2022.

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• Resolve conflict.
• Speak your mind truthfully and tactfully.
• Reach alignment when stakes are high and opinions vary.
• Navigate the most important interactions at home and work.