Your back and forth with KL makes me nostalgic for the nights as a kid when I’d see Dan Rather on the telly. Hell, after more than 2 decades spent in sales, customer service, and tech support, I feel like I don’t even know how to have a real conversation anymore. Everything, for so long, has been about “overcoming the No” that even a nor…
Your back and forth with KL makes me nostalgic for the nights as a kid when I’d see Dan Rather on the telly. Hell, after more than 2 decades spent in sales, customer service, and tech support, I feel like I don’t even know how to have a real conversation anymore. Everything, for so long, has been about “overcoming the No” that even a normal conversation about where to get or what to have for dinner can, for me, turn into a debate about why something is better than something else and why the other person should agree with me and I hate that.
Having a conversation that is as open and civil and exploratory within a subject as what you and KL had is something I miss desperately and long for again. But how to detox from the mindset of “overcome the No” from years spent in an industry meant to take a person’s mind and change it to what you want it to be is something I struggle with daily. I envy you your ability to engage in such open and free discourse where you state your piece and viewpoint without trying to make the other person feel somehow wrong for theirs.
That was a lot of rambling. I hope that made sense.
"That was a lot of rambling. I hope that made sense."
😁 Yes, it made perfect sense. And I agree. It's always so nice to have a conversation where we don't see eye to eye but we don't get into a fight. My faith in humanity gets a little top-up every time.
Your back and forth with KL makes me nostalgic for the nights as a kid when I’d see Dan Rather on the telly. Hell, after more than 2 decades spent in sales, customer service, and tech support, I feel like I don’t even know how to have a real conversation anymore. Everything, for so long, has been about “overcoming the No” that even a normal conversation about where to get or what to have for dinner can, for me, turn into a debate about why something is better than something else and why the other person should agree with me and I hate that.
Having a conversation that is as open and civil and exploratory within a subject as what you and KL had is something I miss desperately and long for again. But how to detox from the mindset of “overcome the No” from years spent in an industry meant to take a person’s mind and change it to what you want it to be is something I struggle with daily. I envy you your ability to engage in such open and free discourse where you state your piece and viewpoint without trying to make the other person feel somehow wrong for theirs.
That was a lot of rambling. I hope that made sense.
"That was a lot of rambling. I hope that made sense."
😁 Yes, it made perfect sense. And I agree. It's always so nice to have a conversation where we don't see eye to eye but we don't get into a fight. My faith in humanity gets a little top-up every time.