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> You don't pretend to know better What if one really knows better though, eg talking about life at a place where you've been, but the other person never was t
by cutemonster 6y ago
> You don't pretend to know better
What if one really knows better though, eg talking about life at a place where you've been, but the other person never was there and is just guessing?
I'm thinking a problem then can be the bystanders / co-workers: now they're going to think 5 is a fairly ok answer, when you didn't very clearly disagree about that?
Especially if the other person sounds self confident.
Any thoughts about how to strongly disagree, in a polite way, when the other person is crazily wrong in a slightly harmful way?
But I think too that in most cases, especially when talking one and one, the Yes-and or sth like that probably is a good approach
- didibus 6y ago> Any thoughts about how to strongly disagree, in a polite way, when the other person is crazily wrong in a slightly harmful way? If the other person is actually trying to misinform, it'll be hard. If they're really genuine, I think doing the above gives the bystanders enough info to choose for themselves. Like, you still should disclose the information you have, so say you have been there, and that it wasn't at all like that from your first hand experience, etc. The thing is, you won't convince everyone, but you'll have a better chance at convincing others if they hear you out and consider what you're saying openly. So that's kind of the idea here.
- cutemonster 6y agoMaybe instead of "yes, and.. " one can day something like "interesting to hear. That's actually very different from how things were when ..." > if they hear you out and consider what you're saying openly Yes I agree