“Argue like you’re right and listen like you’re wrong.”
Adam Grant, science author and professor of organizational psychology.
Written for Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt. Photo credit: Google Images.
One-Liner Wednesday — The Art of the Argument
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Great advice, especially the listening part.
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Not enough people listen Fandango
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Good advice.
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Eh, I don’t agree. Neither people who think they’re right, nor people who might be wrong (do people who think they themselves are wrong exist?) bother to listen, and people who are arguing also don’t bother to listen.
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My debate teacher in high school always said, “Listen for understanding, not for rebuttal.”
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Now that is good advice!
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I had a good debate teacher (and environment), too. Sadly, I’ve observed that debate has changed over the decades… such that most places emphasize rebuttal, scoring points or their turn to talk, rather than listening, understanding, or even making a clear point.
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Many people don’t listen. Nice quote!
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I studied philosophy in college, and I was taught that you should always represent someone’s view (that you’re criticizing) in such a way that if they read it, they would say your representation is accurate.
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That makes sense, but it’s hard to do sometimes.
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