My 2 Cents on a Pair of Dimes
Scott Pantall | April 26, 2010
Sounds like some sort of weird bet, doesn’t it? I’m actually talking about paradigms; points of view; ways to see the world.
Ever have it where you’re trying to explain your view to some one and they just don’t seem to see it? When that happens to me, 3 questions keep circling through my mind:
- Is there something wrong with how I’m explaining my position? Can I explain it better?
- Is my point of view wrong? Maybe I don’t understand things as well as I think I do.
- Is the other person just unwilling to even try to see things my way? I’m not expecting them to agree with me, I’d even be happy with a “I can see how you’d see things your way, but you’re wrong because….”
Obvious misunderstandings bother me. Communication is impossible when you can’t understand the other person’s position.
