How to Take the Fight Out of Confrontation

Confrontation for Sissies

No simmering fuses. No verbal bombshells. Judith Stone discovers a three-step plan that takes the fear (and the fight) out of confrontations.

By Judith Stone
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the May 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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No simmering fuses. No verbal bombshells. Judith Stone discovers a three-step plan that takes the fear (and the fight) out of confrontations.

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