“Without giving it fancy names or labels, without citing some educator, Ph.d or study it’s easy enough to recognize people see what they want to see. People believe what they want to believe and this determines how they move and interact in the world.
It’s easy to notice some people wildly defend their point of view. They do in the face of all your ‘logic’ or ‘reason’. (Careful, you and me may also be one of the people we criticize). Still, it doesn’t matter what else you call it. It is plain old fashion ‘stubborness.’
‘That is the way it is!’ ‘It’s what I think. FU!’ ‘Anyone with an ounce of sense would agree.’ Why we people defend our beliefs and are stubbornly locked into our position doesn’t matter either. ‘They have a condition.’ ‘It is alien implants’. ‘It’s the Dunning Kruger effect’.
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‘It is called Cognitive Bias.’ ‘I was hit in head with softball when 7’ Regardless, of how you wish to paint it – it is what it is. Some people will never agree with you and sometimes you will never agree with other people. Perception is everything. We are all biased. Truly!
BUT if you’d like to get along better with more people more often you might want to learn how to actually listen to others. Hear what they say. Focus. Give the other person your attention. Try to understand where they are coming from.
How is it they may think that way? What is important to them? Why do they feel this what? What experiences must they have had OR not had to accept this conclusion? Walk a mile in their shoes. How is it they so rigorously defend it? It’s important to then. No belittling!
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Practice some empathy and compassion. Seek to understand. Acknowledge instead of dismiss. Be slow to judge. Most people judge quickly. Stay open to what they say. Attempt to hear without your arguments. Listen to them and theirs.
Being open, and staying open to new ideas, may be the hardest thing you ever learn to do but it is worth it! Give it a try. You will discover much about them if you are willing. If you are willing and open you’ll also discover much about you. Take a moment a learn something about another and yourself. Connect. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes
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