August 14 | The Golden Bridge

Sun Tzu said to “build a golden bridge for your opponent to retreat across.” 

To look past all the conflict—the fighting, the rage, the loyalty, the he-said-she-said that has even the best of us curling up a fist on a Tuesday afternoon…

To look past the pride, the sense of honor the demands you assert your will, throw your elbow, refuse to back down…

To stop and ask, what is it you actually want to happen? What is it you want the other person to do? And put all the energy you would spend fighting into making that course of action as easy and—dare we say—beautiful as it can be.

Plus, after all the conflict, you’ll have a new bridge, one you might even choose to walk across someday, to visit a new friend who resembles an old enemy.… Read the rest