[bksvol-discuss] Re: do others like this description?
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:42:59 -0500
Hi all,
Shannon is right in that some people can be insulted easily. It's hard
to know what would be insulting and what would not be. Email is such a
horrible medium for conveying the nuances of meaning. Look at my
recent miscommunication.
Only solution I can offer is that you continue to be you, but that if
something you say is misconstrued, then try your best to make amends.
After all, in communication, it doesn't matter what you said, what you
meant, or what you thought you meant. What matters is how the
recipient of the communication received what you sent.
That's why, in my recent go-round with email, I tried my best to
clarify what I meant and said that I hadn't intended to be appalling or
nasty, even though my post came across that way, apparently.
Sometimes folks get insulted because of baggage they're carrying around
with them. Unfortunately, if we don't know them well, we have no
opportunity to examine the luggage truck to determine what package
might explode when we offer an opinion. <smiling> It's a shame folks
misconstrue things and figure nobody wants their help and they leave.
I would erge anyone who ever gets feeling like that to ask yourself one
question. Is this going to matter a month from now? If the answer is
no, then you've got a pretty good recipe for increasing self esteme and
learning to laugh at your mistakes. There are huge, horrible things
that happen in life that cannot be smoothed over. Learning to
distinguish the difference is growing. It's a painful process, believe
me, but it is worth it in the end.
Ann P.
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