The Art of Fighting

Insightful and nuanced, The Art of Fighting is a paradigm-shifting examination of how we can get along better by understanding the role of conflict in our lives more deeply. – Jefferson Fisher, author of The Next Conversation
This book captures something many of us feel but struggle to name: avoidance is not harmony. The Art of Fighting delivers a sharp, human framework for turning tension into clarity and disagreement into belonging. – Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and The Power of Regret
Priya Parker offers a generous, radically helpful guide through our divides – without flattening what makes us different – Suleika Jaouad, author of The Book of Alchemy
Leave it to Priya Parker to name that the missing link to growing new ways of community is not merely in connecting meaningfully, but in fighting meaningfully. This is a life-giving book, and Priya is the luminous and ingenious teacher we need. – Krista Tippett, host of On Being and author of ‘Becoming Wise’
The Art of Fighting is a must read for all of us. – Alicia Garza, co-founder, Black Lives Matter and author of The Purpose of Power
Priya Parker illuminates how to navigate the hard conversations we’d rather avoid —and how to come out wiser and more connected. – Daniel L. Shapiro, author of ‘Negotiating the Nonnegotiable’
This is not just a book about having better arguments, it’s a manual for building stronger relationships. If families, workplaces, schools, and governments followed Priya Parker’s sage advice, the world would be less of a mess. – Adam Grant, author of ‘Think Again’ and ‘Hidden Potential’

Priya Parker is a facilitator, strategic advisor, and the acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering. Trained in conflict resolution, Parker has worked with colleges, corporations, museums, non-profits, political movements, and family businesses in moments of change.

Most recently, she advised the Zohran Mamdani campaign on their gathering strategy for a successful New York City mayoral bid. On her popular Substack, GROUP LIFE, Parker teaches practical skills in conflict and connection. She studied organizational design at MIT, public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and political and social thought at the University of Virginia.

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