Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

When people resist me, they are telling me something. Am I listening?

Dale Emery is an acquaintance of mine. I owe the topic of this blog post to him. See here and here.

When people resist me, they are telling me something. That something is valuable information. I can ignore the information or use it. I can be ignorant or informed.

Why would I choose to be ignorant?

Oooops, there is information there as well. Sometimes I do choose to be ignorant. I don’t want to know (1) that other people disagree with me and (2) there is a reason why other people disagree with me. I want to wander down the road believing I am right and there is no other way but mine. Oh foolish me.

Back to the topic at hand. People resist me for a reason. There is something they value that my direction is threatening or lessening. What is that? Why is that important to them? What can I learn from that? How can I combine what I wish with what they value?

Those are a few valuable questions that I can ask. If I can find the answers, well, I would be more knowledgeable and maybe improve my little corner of the world.