Friday, May 30, 2014

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING - THE EYE OF THE OBSERVER

What is objective feedback?  Does it really exist, or do we always have an agenda - whether we are aware of it or not…

The early Cultural Anthropologists would go into other cultures and describe them, their behavior, their religions, the social systems that governed these groups - sure that what they were seeing was exactly what was there…

Years later they began to realize that none of these descriptions were truly objective!

The researchers' personalities, cultural orientations, social status and life experiences were coloring what they were able to perceive!

The gift of later anthropologists was highlighting and exposing the impact of the observer in what is 'observed'…




 DANCE WITH IT!   EXPERIENTIAL APPS           

An opportunity to experiment with some fun
ideas...


HAVING A HORSE IN THE RACE…

1)  Ask yourself what difference it actually makes to you what the other person chooses to do.

2)  What would happen to you, and how would you feel, if they don't listen to you?

3)  How about if they do listen?

We often create tension for ourselves with our hidden agendas, which can lead us to push others.  If we understand what's behind it - for us - we can more easily deal with the situation.  

What does it mean to have a horse in the race?  It means that we have a personal need for compliance - to win...








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