Tag: different views

Labelling others as ignorant

Posted on by philipdodson

The danger of labelling is obvious. It’s subjective and depends at which end of the telescope you are looking down.

The most ignorant thing could be to not listen to others and their views no matter how different they are to yours.

Failure to listen leads to not understanding, only hearing one part of the story leads to not understanding, and not understanding is indeed ignorance.

Ignorance comes from ignoring all aspects, all views and only listening to ours or the views of others within our echo chambers.

We could choose to open our minds and listen, often we choose not to as we fear to be wrong, so much easier to label people who believe different things to us as being ignorant.

It removes our accountability to understand different.

Turning things upside down

Posted on by philipdodson

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I have written several blogs about looking at things from a different viewpoint, like catching people doing something right, instead of trying to catch them doing it wrong. Or instead of opting for the worst outcome first, to think about the best one. Instead of being our number one critic, instead, be our number one fan.

The thing is, it is a good habit to get into, turning anything we do as a habit or believe in and turning it upside down, look down the telescope from the other end, take the complete opposite view. That does not mean that you will do the complete opposite, but it helps with so much in life if you can take a moment to turn it all upside down.

What have you got to lose from being open to a new view?