I'm going to chase another rabbit and get off track for a day. I am sure it must be my error in communication regarding some of the applications. We are spending to much time on the plant itself and not enough at the lessons of the plant which are brought about by the Word we're "LOOKING" at. Please allow me to recall some training material that I've done in the past,
When I communicate I must remember that, it takes two! Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it’s the only one you have. These examples I hope will set me straight.
First grade assignment. The instructions said: “ On this sheet of paper, you will find an outline of a house, trees, flowers, clouds, and sky. Please color each with the appropriate colors. One of the students, put a lot of work into her drawing. When she got it back, she was surprised to find a big black ”X” on it.. She asked the teacher for an explanation. “I gave you an “X” because you didn’t follow instructions. Grass is green, not gray. The sky is blue not yellow as you have drawn it. Why didn’t you use the normal colors? Because that’s how it looks to me when I get up early to watch the sunrise.
Who was right? There is not always one right answer.
Ask for what you want or settle for what you get.
Count Basie told a nightclub owner that he would not return until he fixed the piano. A month later Basie got a call telling him that everything had been fixed. When he arrived he was very angry to find that the piano was still out of tune. He confronted the club owner with “You said you fixed it!” to which the club owner responded, “I had it painted.”
Who was right? The first answer is not always the right answer.
Asking the wrong question will get me the wrong answer. What am Ireally looking for when I'm communicating?
What is the answer? What does this mean? What is the result? These questions get me only one answer.
Changing the question gets me choices. It gets me deeper thoughts. People will think more before answering.
What are the possible answers? What could this possibly mean? What are the possible results?
If an architect looks at an opening between two rooms and asks “what type of door should I use to connect these two rooms. He will design a door. If an architect looks at an opening between two rooms and asks “what type of passageway should I use to connect these two rooms. He may get a curtain, a hallway, a courtyard.
We must be on the same page when communicating to others.
A deadly plague appeared in a small town in Luthuania. As soon as a person got the plague it put them into a death like comma. Most died within a day. On several occasions a person would recover and come back to live a full life. This was the eighteenth century so technology was limited as to determining death. One day they discovered a person was buried alive and so the called a town meeting. They decided for two committies to provide a solution to the problem.
The first group asked the question what should we do if we bury someone alive? They decided that they would put food and water into every casket and they would put an air hole from the casket up to the earth’s surface. Expensive but worthwhile if it saved peoples lives.
The second group facing the same challenge asked themselves “How can we make sure everyone we bury is dead?” They decided that every coffin would have a 12 inch stake attached to the lid of the coffin directly over the persons heart. When the lid was closed there would be no doubt about if the person was dead. Much less expensive!
The results I get often depend on the instructions I give. (the criteria for this is that you are the right person to communicate to in the first place.) With that said then what is communicated becomes the issue.
APPLICATION - Exercise: How do you keep a fish from smelling?
Sometimes communication is not so obvious.
BONUS APPLICATION - Connect the metaphor on the top list with the idea it represents on the bottom list.
2. A cool day in the hot summertime.1. A constant dripping on a rainy day.
3. Chewing with a sore tooth.
4. A cloud blowing over the desert without dropping any rain.
5. A city with broken down walls.
6. Yanking a dog’s ears.
7. Sparks fly when iron strikes iron.
8. Honey.
9. Polluting a stream.
10. A dog returns to his vomit.
A. Kind words
B. A fool that repeats his folly
C. A faithful employee
D. Interfering in an argument that isn’t your business.
E. A stimulating friendly discussion
F. A good man who compromises with a wicked one.
G. A man without self-control
H. A cranky woman
I. A person who doesn’t give the gift he promised.
J. Confiding in an unreliable person
plug its nose?
ReplyDelete1. A constant dripping on a rainy day. G.
2. A cool day in the hot summertime. C.
3. Chewing with a sore tooth. F.
4. A cloud blowing over the desert without dropping any rain. I.
5. A city with broken down walls. J.
6. Yanking a dog’s ears. H.
7. Sparks fly when iron strikes iron. E.
8. Honey. A.
9. Polluting a stream. D.
10. A dog returns to his vomit. B.
You keep a fish from smelling by plugging it's nose
ReplyDelete1. A constant dripping on a rainy day. ~H
2. A cool day in the hot summertime. ~D
3. Chewing with a sore tooth. ~G
4. A cloud blowing over the desert without dropping any rain. ~E
5. A city with broken down walls. ~J
6. Yanking a dog’s ears. ~I
7. Sparks fly when iron strikes iron. ~C
8. Honey. ~A
9. Polluting a stream. ~9
10. A dog returns to his vomit. ~B
Cut off it's nose...
ReplyDelete1. A constant dripping on a rainy day. H
2. A cool day in the hot summertime. C.
3. Chewing with a sore tooth. J
4. A cloud blowing over the desert without dropping any rain. I.
5.A city with broken down walls. G.
6. Yanking a dogs ears. D.
7. Sparks fly when iron strikes iron. E.
8.Honey. A.
9.Polluting a steam. F.
10. A dog returns to his vomit. B.
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ReplyDeletei wrote here yesterday, i posted it and viewed it today. For some reason its now gone.
ReplyDeletekeep it refrigerated. or, plug it nose.
ReplyDelete1. A constant dripping on a rainy day=H
2. A cool day in the hot summertime=C
3. Chewing with a sore tooth=G
4. A cloud blowing over the desert without dropping any rain=I
5. A city with broken down walls=J
6. Yanking a dog’s ears=D
7. Sparks fly when iron strikes iron=E
8. Honey=A.
9. Polluting a stream=F
10. A dog returns to his vomit=B