The human mind is very unpredictable. At times, it gets attached to certain ideas and becomes rigid. Then, when someone else comes along with a conflicting idea, it leads to friction, and may even result in a fight.
This can be very destructive if not controlled at the initial stage itself. Inter-personal rivalries, corporate battles, wars between countries—all rarely leave even the most neutral party untouched.
Hence, fights have to be stopped, especially group conflicts, which can be done only through group psychology.
Chanakya, being a master psychologist, had a solution: “Strife among subjects can be averted by winning over the leaders among the subjects or by removal of the cause of strife.” (8.4.18).
Let us take this advice step by step:
Identify the problem
When a fight occurs, it immediately distorts the region’s peace and a lot of time and energy is wasted.
As a strategist, it’s important to end the fight and move on in life. However, to do this, it’s essential to think deep from all angles and find out the root cause of the problem. You need to plan a tentative solution, if not a permanent solution, to end the present fight.
Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai is an Indian management thinker, author, and Founder of Atma Darshan and Chanakya Aanvikshiki. Dr Pillai has extensively researched Kautilya’s Arthashastra, the 3rd century BC treatise and incorporated it into modern management.
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