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"Say “I don’t know” or “I don’t have an opinion” when you don’t" My father drove this into us as kids. It always made sense to be, and then I grew up, and real
by greyhair 6y ago
"Say “I don’t know” or “I don’t have an opinion” when you don’t"
My father drove this into us as kids. It always made sense to be, and then I grew up, and realized how many times adults just make shit up to avoid looking like they don't have the answer. My in-laws are pros at this, and playing Balderdash against them is impossible as a result.
To this day, as some one that has been an engineer for 36 years, if someone asks me a question and I don't know the answer, I say "I don't know", generally followed by, "let's see where we would find that answer".
And I am raising my kids with the same advice.
- kertoip_1 6y agoFrom my observations, people that don't act certain are not necessarily respectable among other people. I mean, I agree that saying "I don't know" is morally correct, but in practice, in real life, it's not the best strategy.
- derwiki 6y agoIt’s a low key signal I look for when interviewing candidates: when it’s clear they don’t know something do they say so? Or pretend they do