High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out by Amanda Ripley

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


In some ways, the information here is not too different from some of the lessons I’ve been taught in managerial training or reading books by people like Steven Covey or Tony Robbins. But the main difference here, and the the thing that made the points relevant to me is that the author uses some very compelling examples that show that this is nowhere near as easy to do as some of the other types of books make it seem. Most interesting was the story of the conflict resolution guy (who invented arbitration divorce) who couldn’t see that he was locked in high conflict. And even once he did, he had trouble extricating himself. That made it a lot more relatable. If THIS guy has trouble, of course I’m going to have trouble. I don’t know how successful I’ll be, but I intend to try and remember the lessons in this book both at work and in my personal life.



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