I’ve been noticing a trend in a lot of publications and blogs that I used to enjoy reading. When they’re starting to run out of ideas, they get confrontational, with their articles and posts becoming more like rants about things that frustrate them. The unfortunate reality is, as in life, no one is going to hear your criticism if it’s in the form of an attack, it’s human nature to deflect information when it’s presented this way. It needs to be in the form of a conversation.
Conversations have two sides, with both willing to hear each other. Otherwise it’s an attack, which is all to easy from behind a keyboard.
Let’s challenge ourselves to have more conversations, and listen to the other side with an open mind. I’m constantly surprised by how my mistaken perspective led me to believe something that turned out not to be true, but by being open when you’re wrong it’s easier to admit it.