During a specific period of my life I believed success required demonstrating my correctness by obtaining the final word or displaying my superior knowledge. Throughout my life I allocated significant effort toward getting people to grasp my point of view as well as making my messages understandable. A self-reflective moment caused me to doubt the actual objectives I pursued by winning. My thinking altered and transformed the entire situation. The notion of “winning without fighting” emerged into my consciousness through genuine experiences instead of literary sources. My experience in several tense arguments showed me how winning an argument left me feeling completely spent. Work meetings transformed into stressful situations because relationships suffered and I carried this experience of distance. The experience cured my misconception that all disagreements always need an ultimate winner or every challenge must escalate into verbal conflict. I made the decision to avoid a fight durin...