[Vision2020] A thought

[Dan Carscallen]

Well, Carl, dijon mustard on graham crackers HAS no validity, silly!
Everyone knows you use chocolate frosting.

DC

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Carl Westberg
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:54 AM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] A thought


Just a thought about tempering the tone on the listserve, for what it's 
worth.  A simple interpersonal communication 101 skill which I believe
is 
called "owning" your statement.  For example, when discussing whether
dijon 
mustard on graham crackers is a good thing, I would say "in my opinion" 
dijon mustard on graham crackers is not a good thing, thereby granting 
validity to someone who may like dijon mustard on graham crackers.
There's 
been a lot of "this is the way it is and your view has no validity" 
statements from all sides, which doesn't help civil dialogue.  Of
course, 
this is just my opinion.

 

 

 

Carl Westberg Jr.

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