Disagreeing with Others; 3 Practical Realities Help Me Keep a Positive Mindset

Remaining Practical about Disagreements is Key.

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I was recently doing what has become a regular daily ritual for many of us in this 21st-century information age.

And what is it you may wonder?

Well, I’ll give you a few hints. The ritual involves a cell phone, iPad, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer and one of my fingers. It requires minimal physical strength. But high eye and hand coordination skills and the dexterity to touch and slide or simply click at a rapid pace.

Yep, you guessed it. I call it super-scrolling. This is how I move through the never-ending feed of various posts on my different social media pages. As with most folks, some of the posts on my page immediately grab my attention because they pique my interest. Then, there are the others.

The others usually fall into one of three categories. My process to go through them goes like this:

1. No interest whatsoever. (Keep scrolling).
2. I disagree, but I’m lowkey kind of interested in what they have to say (Keep reading. But I keep my scrolling posture ready in case after reading more of the content it slips into category 3).
3. I adamantly disagree…