Communications What to do when you lose argumentative focus.

1. WHEN ARGUMENTS
LOSE FOCUS
B Y LUCR E Z IA B I SCARDI

2. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
Sometimes, people can lose focus on
the problem and necessary steps need
to be taken in order to ensure that the
claim can be resolved.

3. THERE ARE 4 SOLUTIONS
There are four (4) ways to deal with
debates which have lost
argumentative focus.
When rationality is not always
possible, debates tend to lose
argumentative focus

4. DON’T LOSE ARGUMENTATIVE FOCUS!

5. SOLUTIONS NEXT EXIT!

6. SOLUTION #1
BACK-OFF FROM THE
CONFLICT/DEBATE
This approach is especially valuable if you
realize that you are in a no-win conflict
environment or situation.

7. SOLUTION #2
GET BACK TO THE
CONFLICT/DEBATE AT A LATER,
MORE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR YOU
AND/OR THE OTHER PARTY.
OFTEN WE PICK A TIME THAT IS EMOTIONALLY
APPROPRIATE FOR US BUT EMOTIONALLY
INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE OTHER PARTY

8. SOLUTION #3
GO WITH THE FLOW OF THE
PROCESS
Not much will happen, but just venting
frustration is sometimes helpful, and once
such venting takes place it is possible to
refocus the debate/conflict and get to a
more constructive argumentative path.

9. SOLUTION #4
REWORK THE CLAIM
Try to get the argument back on track by
restating or rewording the claim. Many times
focus is lost because the claim was poorly
phrased.

10. “I’M RIGHT, YOU’RE WRONG”

11. THE END
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING!