Eric Sohn
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Hey, Steve -
Part of where I was coming from came from a book called 9 1/2 Weird Ideas That Work (I'm too lazy today to put in the link to my bookstore - maybe I'll edit later). One of the "weird" ideas is that, to get creative ideas, take people and make them fight. Apparently, the thinking on your feet required to attack and/or defend stirs up the juices - and takes you past pat responses.
I suspect as we read the exchanges here - which really weren't that bad, actually - we connected viscerally and responded on instinct. As the viewpoints went back and forth, our worldviews had to consider and perhaps incorporate what was being written.
So, did we learn? Personally, I did - letting things run on (as long as no one comes to blows) is not the end of the world. Did we learn something about ourselves - or others? I think so.
So, here's a question for you (all of you):
Does this exchange remind you of something that's happened to you in your business? How did you handle it? Did you "get" ulcers more, "give" ulcers more - or was it pretty even-handed? Do you have a consistent pattern to how you deal with conflict in your business? How might that be affecting your business results? What might you do differently?
Coach Eric
P.S. My wife tells me I'm nuts, that she always avoids conflict. I assure you, that's no news to me! :`)
> steve chi wrote:
> I guess I came in to this group at an interesting time. Quite a lot of heat; I'm sure there is light somewhere. Something to delight at. Being that I am not a Christian, nor for that matter dependent on any organized religion to show me the way, though surely I adapt the parts of them that appeal to me--("Do not cast your pearls before swine lest they tread on them and turn on you.." John 7 something- I think it was about marketing one self effectively, and probably particularly time management..Now that's an interesting thought!)
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>Is it a tenet of Bhuddism not to allow onself to be offended, to be upset, because it is bad for ones personal balance? In any case, It's probably true from a personal management perspective.
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> I think it's interesting to see the perspective of the man who was actually involved. I think it's interesting to get other peoples perspectives on what they think would be appropriate action, and conjecture what I might do in that situation. That's what I like these forums for; to get a different perspective.
>I don't see any point in taking offense or creating it here.
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