Comments on: The Other Effective Skill: When More is More http://hedir.org/2008/12/02/the-other-effective-skill-when-more-is-more/ Tue, 31 May 2011 14:30:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: aversniknowak http://hedir.org/2008/12/02/the-other-effective-skill-when-more-is-more/comment-page-1/#comment-11 aversniknowak Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:17:51 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=70#comment-11 I think this and the previous post are saying the same thing. It is important to speak our minds (this post), but we should balance that by giving students the opportunity to speak their minds as well (previous post). My question is this..."How quiet would the world be if people only gave an opinion with a factual basis?" Very quiet, I suspect! We might not initially agree or understand how someone developed a given opinion, but those opinions can/should challenge us to think differently, consider other perspectives, and to reevaluate our own beliefs (if we are open to that process). AVN I think this and the previous post are saying the same thing. It is important to speak our minds (this post), but we should balance that by giving students the opportunity to speak their minds as well (previous post). My question is this…”How quiet would the world be if people only gave an opinion with a factual basis?” Very quiet, I suspect! We might not initially agree or understand how someone developed a given opinion, but those opinions can/should challenge us to think differently, consider other perspectives, and to reevaluate our own beliefs (if we are open to that process).

AVN

]]> By: lkolsen http://hedir.org/2008/12/02/the-other-effective-skill-when-more-is-more/comment-page-1/#comment-10 lkolsen Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:34:53 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=70#comment-10 While I agree in principle with Mark, it is important to speak one's mind as long as that speaking has a factual basis. We have to be careful of what I once heard at a meeting, "It's a well-known fact, in my opinion..." Opinions are like, well, like something; nearly everyone has one. Oberteuffer once stated that if one's opinion is shown to be "incorrect," then one should be willing to change that opinion. I wonder how often this happens, or if the erroneous opinion persists, is passed to others who have not had a chance (or who have not taken the opportunity or time to examine an issue), and this "erroneous" information then begins to take on a "life of its own?" It can become like the old game, "That's where I saw the ghost" that many of us played as children. L While I agree in principle with Mark, it is important to speak one’s mind as long as that speaking has a factual basis. We have to be careful of what I once heard at a meeting, “It’s a well-known fact, in my opinion…” Opinions are like, well, like something; nearly everyone has one. Oberteuffer once stated that if one’s opinion is shown to be “incorrect,” then one should be willing to change that opinion. I wonder how often this happens, or if the erroneous opinion persists, is passed to others who have not had a chance (or who have not taken the opportunity or time to examine an issue), and this “erroneous” information then begins to take on a “life of its own?” It can become like the old game, “That’s where I saw the ghost” that many of us played as children.

L

]]> By: watsonpho http://hedir.org/2008/12/02/the-other-effective-skill-when-more-is-more/comment-page-1/#comment-9 watsonpho Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:46:24 +0000 http://hedir.hpcareernetwork.com/?p=70#comment-9 You make a great point Mark. We should speak our mind and express our thoughts. It is ALWAYS ewasier to do that when you know that the person you are speaking to is listening and willing to be respectful of your opinion. You frequently exhibit this... but many do not. Perhaps this is a great melding of the first two posts on the HEDIR Blog... Speaking and listening are equal pillars in the building of communication. T Dub You make a great point Mark. We should speak our mind and express our thoughts. It is ALWAYS ewasier to do that when you know that the person you are speaking to is listening and willing to be respectful of your opinion. You frequently exhibit this… but many do not. Perhaps this is a great melding of the first two posts on the HEDIR Blog… Speaking and listening are equal pillars in the building of communication.
T Dub

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