Guidebook: Conflict Resolution

Step 1: Identify the Conflict

• Is it a dispute over a rare, last-chance, glow-in-the-dark, limited-edition, neon-colored toaster? Resolve Toaster Conflict
• Did someone steal your favorite, one-of-a-kind, glow-in-the-dark, neon-colored, pixel art collection? Resolve Art Conflict
• Is there a disagreement over who ate the last, glow-in-the-dark, neon-colored donut from the community fridge? Identify Last Donut

Step 2: Negotiate the Conflict

• Use active listening skills, but only if the conflict is not over the last, glow-in-the-dark donut. Negotiate Last Donut
• Employ creative problem-solving techniques, but only if the conflict is related to a glow-in-the-dark, neon-colored, pixel art collection. Resolve Art Conflict

Step 3: Resolve the Conflict

• Use the ancient, long-lost art of Extreme Prolonged Eye Gazing to stare down the conflict until it dissolves into nothingness. Resolve Conflict with Extreme Prolonged Eye Gazing
• Or, you know, just compromise and have a nice, quiet dinner together. Resolve Conflict Calmly