Comments on: Managing Conflict Hot Buttons http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/managing-conflict-hot-buttons/ BoDo Business of Design online Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Dr. Jeanette Raymond http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/managing-conflict-hot-buttons/#comment-18630 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:26:25 +0000 http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/managing-conflict-hot-buttons/#comment-18630 Keeping the channels open is a great idea. You are right on when you talk about triggers. However, when hot buttons are pushed, it is so automatic that even the most self-aware of us are caught off guard. The real work has to be done off-line so to speak. You have to trace the origins of the hot buttons back to the original trigger when you are in a calm and open place. An irate mood deprives you of intelligence and perspective. You can read more about <a href="http://www.howtodealwhenyourhotbuttonsgetpushed.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">how to manage your hot buttons. </a> Keeping the channels open is a great idea. You are right on when you talk about triggers. However, when hot buttons are pushed, it is so automatic that even the most self-aware of us are caught off guard.

The real work has to be done off-line so to speak. You have to trace the origins of the hot buttons back to the original trigger when you are in a calm and open place. An irate mood deprives you of intelligence and perspective.

You can read more about how to manage your hot buttons.

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