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What does it mean?
Argument requires two willing participants. Refusal to engage stops the debate entirely.
In plain terms
You cannot argue if the other person says nothing.
What can you take from it?
Silence ends a debate.

Where it applies

  • disputes
  • meetings
  • relationships

Putting it to work

  • choose battles
  • use silence

Questions to consider

  • When is silence better?
  • How do you handle stubbornness?

Another view

Silence can be interpreted as weakness.

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