Settle It Now Negotiation Blog: Ten New Year’s (Dispute) Resolutions for 2010

Victoria Pynchon at Settle It Now Negotiation Blog wrote these thoughtful New Year’s Resolutions. Check them out!

I will practice restraint of tongue and pen

When my anger flashes, I will pause to remember that behind every accusation is a plea for help

When in the midst of a rancorous debate, I will remember to ask for the story behind the opinion

I will remember that each of my fellows is struggling with burdens that, if known, would cause me to respond to them with far greater kindness

I will remember that I, too, am subject to fundamental attribution error – over-ascribing intention to those whose behavior causes me real or perceived harm and over-ascribing circumstance to any behavior of mine that causes others real or perceived harm

Read the rest here.