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This is the right way to challenge someone’s thinking
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2336" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90523834/this-is-the-right-way-to-challenge-someones-thinking" target="_blank"><strong>This is the right way to challenge someone’s thinking - Fast Company</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>If you want to share your perspective in a way that gets heard, and acted upon to create positive change, try these three</strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong> steps. </strong></span></p><p></p><p>It’s natural to feel angry when someone says or writes something that we find offensive. Lashing out may feel satisfying in the moment. But if our goal is actually to <a href="https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_is_it_so_hard_to_change_peoples_minds" target="_blank">change the person’s mind</a> or get them to reconsider their approach, assailing their intentions or labeling them (an idiot, a classist, a narcissist, etc.) is often counterproductive.</p><p></p><p>Over the years, I’ve occasionally gotten emails from<a href="https://dorieclark.com/subscribe" target="_blank"> newsletter readers</a> upbraiding me for various reasons. One woman, reacting to a reference to “recent business travel” shortly after the pandemic began, declared my email to be “insensitive and harmful . . . You should be ashamed of yourself. This email offends me.”</p><p></p><p>Another, angry that I cited an example of someone’s boss yelling at them as a “setback,” declared that my writing reeked of “first world, white-privilege traumas.” When people feel offended—whatever the cause—they may not always be polite.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2336, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.fastcompany.com/90523834/this-is-the-right-way-to-challenge-someones-thinking'][B]This is the right way to challenge someone’s thinking - Fast Company[/B][/URL] [B]If you want to share your perspective in a way that gets heard, and acted upon to create positive change, try these three[/B][SIZE=6][B] steps. [/B][/SIZE] It’s natural to feel angry when someone says or writes something that we find offensive. Lashing out may feel satisfying in the moment. But if our goal is actually to [URL='https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_is_it_so_hard_to_change_peoples_minds']change the person’s mind[/URL] or get them to reconsider their approach, assailing their intentions or labeling them (an idiot, a classist, a narcissist, etc.) is often counterproductive. Over the years, I’ve occasionally gotten emails from[URL='https://dorieclark.com/subscribe'] newsletter readers[/URL] upbraiding me for various reasons. One woman, reacting to a reference to “recent business travel” shortly after the pandemic began, declared my email to be “insensitive and harmful . . . You should be ashamed of yourself. This email offends me.” Another, angry that I cited an example of someone’s boss yelling at them as a “setback,” declared that my writing reeked of “first world, white-privilege traumas.” When people feel offended—whatever the cause—they may not always be polite. [/QUOTE]
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