An Opinion on Opinions - Be Careful How You Hear
Back to One
English - May 11, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBCareers Business Non-Profit purpose opportunity personal growth solutions workforce development education women youth veterans hope Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Everybody’s got an opinion. Share it with caution. Real communication takes real effort.
What is an Opinion? o·pin·ion /əˈpinyən/ noun
a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. way of thinking, point of view , viewpoint, outlook, angle, slant, attitude, stance, perspective, reflections, idea, assumption, conviction, in my view, if you ask me, the beliefs or views of a large number or majority of people about a particular thing.
Forming opinions are part of how we learn but are risky. Sharing opinions helps gain perspective but opinions could become judgments where we stop listening, stop asking questions and bring division.
Work vs social media response patterns
The Risks and Benefits of OpinionsWritten versus spoken communication and the amplified ways to misunderstand.Be careful how you hear. Emotions, mindset, assumptions and their impact on hearing others.Often we don’t listen, we interpretOpinion vs beliefWhat if an opinion moves to a judgement?Bald like a lion? Funny stories of what was said versus what was heard.
Couple communication: Listening versus interpreting. Slowing down to speed up.
Seeking common ground and communicating good will.
The benefits of debates
Discussion matters, debate matters, listening matters, telling the truth, getting to the “truth” matters….. in my opinion.
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Note: Episode was recorded under the former podcast name of "3Ps in a Pod"
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