What you tell yourself about your conflict competencies is what you believe is true. Are you telling yourself information that will grow your skills? On the conflict competence continuum of skills, where you put your pin will influence and inform how you do conflict.

show notes. These scholars research how our beliefs shape our choices in life.

* Michael Rousell: Surprise! How Your Brain Secretly Changes Your Beliefs
TEDxSalem • January, 2019
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_rousell_surprise_how_your_brain_secretly_changes_your_beliefs

* Doug Lipman: As powerful as stories are, the process of storytelling has great but overlooked power, June, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zmc-1rT8kQ

*Ethan Kross: Shift: Managing Your Emotions—So They Don't Manage You, 2025

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