I try to avoid conflicts and protect the least advantaged without creating unnecessary hassles for the rest. One of my weaknesses is that I trust reasonable systems to solve most problems. Because of that I run the risk to be considered authoritarian and assuming that my way is best, which is not at all my intention. At some point I could become isolated because not everyone can guarantee equality. My obsession with justice could drive those I care about most away from me.
Things are not rational and have a tendency to become clouded and unclear. If this happens, it is best to step back from the situation and wait until your emotions have calmed. I for one, have much experience as an emotional thinker, and it has caused me nothing but anguish. As Ridel (2015) described, "There are shaping agents that hinder our thinking skills to become critical thinkers" (p.27). I have learned from my mistakes and improved my ability to calm my emotions and carry on a mature conversation, without ruining it by having an emotional outburst due to my bias opinions on the matter at hand.
Would changes of outline been made? A few practices examined inside Chapter 1 were exemplified all through this case, for example, groupthink, dissemination of obligation, spectator unresponsiveness, speculation toward oneself, still, small voice and good judgment. The substitution configuration was impractical to finish for the timetable of conveyance that was guaranteed to clients. Since Lawson brought the issue to Warren's consideration, he denied the outline being the reasonable justification. Once Lawson went to Sink, it place him in a troublesome position.
She concluded Brigit might not have done the tests accurately because of the previous reading. Instead of addressing this issue she decided to avoid the confrontation and shoulder the responsibility of retesting everyone. In my opinion passive communication, although avoid confrontation is not effective because Brigit is left unaware she completed the tests inaccurately. This is an injustice to her and the students because she will continue to make this mistake unknowingly. The more effective way to handle this in my opinion would be to ask Brigit to demonstrate how to complete the test and show her what she is doing incorrectly.
The first principal was developing discrepancy which explains developing cognitive dissonance by saying “I hear you telling me your situation is important and at the same time I hear you telling me reasons why you can’t do anything about it so let us talk about how that’s working for you because it’s really important for you to do something different”. The second principal was avoiding argumentation which is pretty straight forward. Arguments are counter-productive and defending breeds’ defensiveness. Resistance is a signal to change
Covey makes it clear that one must make a "paradigm shift" which causes us to perceive things differently. Covey says that although most people want to be effective, they are unwilling to examine the way they view things. Our paradigms will affect the way we interact with others. A person’s character ethic is a primary traits and those of personality ethic are secondary. Our character is a compilation of all our habits.
I sometimes have a weakness in the fact that I may be too honest with my answer and do not think before answering. I realize that when you are communicating with people, they really do not want the truth because it hurts and is offensive. I find that it is much easier for me to communicate, when I have knowledge of the conversation being discussed. I am very weak when it comes to starting a conversation and leading the discussion. I will avoid a conversation as much as possible when I have to present the information to be discussed.
I listen to my intuition to determine and make good choices but when you face certain problems, it is common to only see the situation from your perspective and easily overlook the other person or people’s point of view it. Therefore, when only considering the situation from your point of view, it can lead into more problems and nothing gets resolved. The highlight of critical thinking is to bring biases thoughts to light so they will not over power your decision making skills. Understanding my competencies will help me improve my critical thinking skills and understand what I already know when talking with someone who has less knowledge on a certain subject or topic that I do. I will be able to focus on what they are saying to have a positive or negative response during the conversation.
If we judge and label someone by appearance, we probably can’t learn special characteristics about someone because we don’t know about their belief and personality in appearance. Some people just hide their emotion and seldom express themselves by a verbal communication. Therefore, the “Squiggling game” is a good form of communication to allow us to know someone without judgment more. 250 words Additional material: Gordon Allport Prejudice jeopardizes to learn special characteristics about someone. As a result, we should find different ways to reduce prejudice.
In completing certain exercises that are in different chapter s in Burley I am able to see my faults, strengths and weakness. There was an exercise on dissipating bad habits and the end result of not ending them is disorder. Those s help one examine oneself introspectively and to begin to work on self reformation.. The article on self disclosure stated that one must be careful not to disclose any information that the other person might feel is offensive, he or she must be careful to start off slowly self disclosing and hopefully, the relationship will grow and one can add much more as time permits. Stewart J.