How To Handle Confrontations Like A MFing Boss
Here's how to deal with the conflicts that are literally everywhere right now.
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It's a contentious world. Happily, it turns out there are constructive ways to deal with the confrontations that are waiting to jump you at every turn, and none of them involve firearms.
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