tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5305186799126093795..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Less Workplace Drama, More CooperationStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-46814795921560623472022-04-27T01:48:15.824-07:002022-04-27T01:48:15.824-07:00@David Foster
Roissy used to cite that strategem ...@David Foster<br /><br />Roissy used to cite that strategem in the context of game. He called it "agree and amplify".370H55Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-70767611004514294512022-04-25T19:56:45.635-07:002022-04-25T19:56:45.635-07:00we need to be open to new formulations and partner...we need to be open to new formulations and partnerships for rugged individualism. As Tocqueville pointed out, American individualism was never a purely selfish, inwardly focused kind of individualism. Americans combined their individualism with a volunteer spirit, a tendency toward forming associations, and other practical qualities. Hoover, who coined the term rugged individualism, said that in America it was absolute loyalty and service to multiculturalism. Historically, the practice of racism held that members of low-status races should be limited to low-status jobs or enslavement and be excluded from access to political power, economic resources, and unrestricted civil rights. Members of low-status races could encounter segregation, acts of physical violence, and in some places, racism dictated that it was unnatural for members of different races to marry. It made a good story, showing how those two boy geniuses managed to conjure up the long-awaited alliance of evangelicals and conservative BBCatholics. The only trouble is that it was not true. Bush won the Catholic vote in 2004 not by making inroads among traditionalist Catholics, but among less observant ones. Infrequent Mass-goers accounted for the lion’s share of the difference, going from supporting Gore in 2000. Raycis' means promoting, rooted in, or indicative of raycism!, as in racist ideology or racist comments. It can be used as a noun meaning a racist person. Racism is most commonly used to name a form of prejudice in which a person believes in the superiority of what they consider to be their own “race” over others. This most often takes the form of believing that those with other skin colors—especially darker skin color.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22538972768356162722022-04-25T17:50:47.386-07:002022-04-25T17:50:47.386-07:00One tactic I've found useful in business debat...One tactic I've found useful in business debates: restate your opponent's position, as honestly and clearly as you can. "OK, I think you're saying that we should exit the Gerbilator product line because revenue growth sucks, margins are mediocre, and there's a pretty powerful competitor in the field....is that correct? OK, my view is that revenue potential in this industry is going to sharply increase because...etc"<br /><br />Don't be sarcastic, don't oversimplify opponent's position, just lay his key points out and respond to them. Can work very well.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-7624775522367222022022-04-25T14:02:32.799-07:002022-04-25T14:02:32.799-07:00"Treat people like competent adults and they ..."Treat people like competent adults and they might just start acting like competent adults". <br /><br />That sounds fairly idealistic to me. At best, it sounds like the advice you rejected about treating people with respect. Which is really all that those other people were saying about AA. <br /><br />I don't think that you can count on people to act like competent adults at home where they can simply tune you out or have a tantrum but at work you have a better chance. <br /><br />Gibson Blockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221210715539695743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-63730004054789873062022-04-25T08:11:50.549-07:002022-04-25T08:11:50.549-07:00None of this would even be on the radar screen wit...None of this would even be on the radar screen without the tidal wave of feminism that washed up all over corporate America, academia, government, and even the clergy. Get rid of the women and you get rid of the problem.370H55Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-15403772002918594122022-04-25T06:52:18.516-07:002022-04-25T06:52:18.516-07:00"Show up," Lived experience:" Whene..."Show up," Lived experience:" Whenever I read therapy speak BS like that I know it's uttered by a woke nut-job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-4978643922624740122022-04-25T06:37:28.837-07:002022-04-25T06:37:28.837-07:00Something that seems relevant: Marc Andreessen rep...Something that seems relevant: Marc Andreessen reports that many people and organizations are uncomfortable with the word 'management', to the point that even the term 'product management' gets avoided:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1502506817879912449David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-28978945420821839482022-04-25T06:11:56.548-07:002022-04-25T06:11:56.548-07:00It strikes me that a lot of people have rejected b...It strikes me that a lot of people have rejected both individualism AND any form of meaningful organization or group membership, in favor of anomie and and endless search for faux identities.<br /><br />I know the above isn't very well-stated; I'm posting it here mainly to remind me to come back and try to improve the thought.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com