You don’t know anything about it!
Samantha announces, “I think I’ll start a website about Buddhism.” To which Frank replies, “You don’t know anything about Buddhism!” Now, how is Samantha supposed to respond to this? “Oh, don’t I? I must have forgotten that I don’t know anything about Buddhism.” [pullquote4 quotes="true"]It’s an easy thing to allow someone their dream or ambition, [...]
The infinity of things you didn’t do
When people become embroiled in a strained relationship they can all too easily get themselves stuck in anger or intransigent defensive behaviours. One side can all too frequently interpret another’s attempts to heal the relationship as being somehow wrong, just not right. This is often because they have set up, in their own mind, an [...]
If you don’t know, I’m not telling you!
[dropcap4]M[/dropcap4]ost of us grow into adulthood carrying messages given to us by our parents. Some are wise (‘treat everyone as an equal’); some are obscure (‘always carry a rubbish bag in the back of your car!’); some are funny (‘never spit on old ladies, and they’ll never spit on you!’), and others are just plain [...]
Learning about each other
Managers learn about their employees: through discussions, observing their behaviour in meetings, under times of stress, and so on. But largely through their words and actions. Now, what a manager learns is mainly directed by what is deemed relevant to their practice. A manager’s particular occupational task will have a bearing on what s/he deems [...]
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