Effective Communication Reflection

I have a little brother and I love him, a lot. But sometimes we can get into huge fights, and we expect the other one to cave. When no one caves, we both yell at each other. Since both of us do piano, neither of us like going first. Either we have homework that we forgot about because of school and everything, or we want to keep doing whatever we are doing. This Saturday, 15 minutes before our class started, I told him that he needed to go first. He didn't want to, because he was watching youtube. Instead of fighting/making up reasons/yelling, I decided to act mature and accept, just to help him out. 

I used the communication tool acting calm and as a role model. It should make him respect me more. The relief on his face was also kind of nice to see too. I did in the end go first, but at least we weren't fighting like usual. I will use this on my family and friends who I fight with. Next Saturday, this is an option, but at the very least, I have leverage against him because since I went first last time, the next time it's his turn!