Great post by a twitter friend of mine: Susan Alexander from App4Mind: Give it five Minutes app4mind/weekly-challenge-give-it-5-minutes/ ..."His response changed my life. It was a simple thing. He said “Man, give it five minutes.” I asked him what he meant by that? He said, it’s fine to disagree, it’s fine to push back, it’s great to have strong opinions and beliefs, but give my ideas some time to set in before you’re sure you want to argue against them. “Five minutes” represented “think”, not react. He was totally right. I came into the discussion looking to prove something, not learn something.... Now, certainly he can be wrong and I could be right, but it’s better to think deeply about something first before being so certain you’re right. There’s also a difference between asking questions and pushing back. Pushing back means you already think you know. Asking questions means you want to know. Ask more questions..." Read the rest on one of my all time favourite website resources. ox Mads
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:15:23 +0000
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