Question your point of view — Paradox #3

by The Crazy Colombian on February 22, 2007

in Life, Reflection

If we go into a meet­ing with a strong point of view, we run the risk of
not lis­ten­ing to the per­spec­tive of oth­ers, and miss­ing out on find­ing the
facts that will enrich our own views.

And if we go into a meet­ing with no point of view, and sim­ply ask
ques­tions, we run the risk of spend­ing all the time going around in
cir­cles with­out arriv­ing anywhere.

To be suc­cess­ful we need to lis­ten to oth­ers; choose a point of view;
Explain our per­spec­tive to oth­ers and ask for their opin­ions, so that we
can val­i­date them; and suc­cess­fully sell our ideas to those that are the
final deci­sion makers.

We can’t rely on sim­ple answers to com­plex prob­lems; and we can’t rely on
com­plex answers to sim­ple problems.

It’s all rel­a­tive; Ein­stein him­self said it.

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