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The Art of Diplomacy



The art of diplomacy is vital if we are to get better at managing our relationships, our friendships and our working lives. None of us are born knowing how to be diplomatic, but the skill can be learnt – and should be to make life more gracious and efficient.
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“Diplomacy is an art that evolved initially to deal with problems in the relationships between countries. The leaders of neighbouring states might be touchy on points of personal pride and quickly roused to anger; if they met head on, they might be liable to infuriate each other and start a disastrous war. Instead, they learnt to send emissaries, people who could state things in less inflammatory ways, who wouldn’t take the issues so personally, who could be more patient and emollient. Diplomacy was a way of avoiding the dangers that come from decisions taken in the heat of the moment. In their own palaces, two kings might be thumping the table and calling their rivals by abusive names; but in the quiet negotiating halls, the diplomat would say: ‘my master is slightly disconcerted…’…”

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31 thoughts on “The Art of Diplomacy
  1. I think this is not for me. I find this to be hypocrisy. To tell things as it is in a very empathetic tone. Telling yourselves that I am not deceiving anyone with a small lie is a lier to him/herself and that is not acceptable to me. Imagine if Socrates was a diplomat he wouldn't be what he is today the father of western philosophy.

  2. Where were you when I was a teenager more than 30 years ago?, I could have preserved so many great relationships that I lost throughout my life due to lacking a more diplomatic approach to resolve differences and/or disputes, thank you.

  3. I watch this video three times. It is a lot of info in 8 minutes video. I think that there are so much in diplomacy that no way anyone can explain it in a year. Just like how to make good friends? You tell me. But this video give out a direction and feel where to start and where our problem lies. Diplomacy is grt skill to have.

  4. Nah. Skip the lie part work off the truth. Then again your truth may differ from theirs. That's when compromise along with empathy and compassion enter the party. Build better diplomats and leaders. We were off the chain.

  5. This is a very British approach. I appreciate the German way, which although is not so diplomatic, is so much clearer and more sincere/honest.

  6. I observe a strange fenomenon. Seems that there are more and more people, who claim that they do not care for anyones opinion. Which is tottaly unrespectfull and is a lie. Basically they lie to worse thier relationships. Most probably to defend their ego. Here is one example:
    – What do you think for my new hairstyle
    – I do not like it. It was better before.
    – Hm, I do not care for you opinion
    So why then she asked? Totall lie.
    The young women are especially affected by such propaganda. Which I observe in Facebook, probably other social media. Also in rap music. On some reality shows it is very well prominent. Basically it is a principle of the hypermodern culture. Which sucks as a whole. But this pillar is super dumb and needless. What purpose does it even serves it gains nothing, only ruins. It ruins both the persons ethics and his relationship. It should be eradicated.

  7. I've never seen diplomacy as a government mandated authoritarian type thing but as a civil and reasonable way of doing things?

  8. Good points. "Human utterance is an essence which aspireth to exert its influence and needeth moderation … as to its moderation, this hath to be combined with tact and wisdom…" ~ Baha'i Faith

  9. AS long as the diplomats are assured of their salary, it doesn't matter whom they are getting outraged as long as it isn't the one paying their salary….it is the art of deceiving others knowing for sure that they wouldn't be punished for it, and the offended person can't do anything about it…..it is being in position of abusing power and being in gang that defend him/her even if they are at fault.

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