Comments on: When To Question Someone Else’s Motives http://rayedwards.com/when-to-question-someone-elses-motives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-to-question-someone-elses-motives Copywriting, Marketing, and Spiritual Dimensions of Business Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jwellsy http://rayedwards.com/when-to-question-someone-elses-motives/comment-page-1/#comment-2828 jwellsy Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:01:52 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=611#comment-2828 Those thought experiments are good exercises to do before writing to help connect with your target audience.<br><br>In social settings you can turn those internal 'why' questions into non threatening conversation starters. Those thought experiments are good exercises to do before writing to help connect with your target audience.

In social settings you can turn those internal 'why' questions into non threatening conversation starters.

]]> By: Ray Edwards http://rayedwards.com/when-to-question-someone-elses-motives/comment-page-1/#comment-2825 Ray Edwards Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:36:12 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=611#comment-2825 A great example of just one reason why we must be on our guard against judging the motives behind the behavior of others. Thanks Gavin! A great example of just one reason why we must be on our guard against judging the motives behind the behavior of others. Thanks Gavin!

]]> By: Ray Edwards http://rayedwards.com/when-to-question-someone-elses-motives/comment-page-1/#comment-2824 Ray Edwards Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:34:39 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=611#comment-2824 "The Human Within"... I like that! LOL “The Human Within”… I like that! LOL

]]> By: Gavin Allinson http://rayedwards.com/when-to-question-someone-elses-motives/comment-page-1/#comment-2822 Gavin Allinson Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:35:38 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=611#comment-2822 Yes a good case in point Ray.<br><br>I had a client respond to a post calling into question my business partners experience and that it was in conflict with what he was learning on his Masters course at University.<br><br>My initial reaction was who is this jerk, what does he know etc. <br><br>Anyway we responded to him asking for more clarification about what he disagreed with.<br><br>The upshot was that<br><br>He was disapointed with his lecturers on his Masters course, they conflicted with each other and it did not tally up with his own personal experience which was more in line with my partners advice.<br><br>He had started his masters looking for answers and was feeling DISILLUSIONED with it and he's going to follow what we say closely.<br><br>Initially I thought his motivation was to stir things up, however it turned out he was looking for someone to tell him the truth.<br><br>Your post is a great reminder to me of this thanks.<br><br>Gavin Yes a good case in point Ray.

I had a client respond to a post calling into question my business partners experience and that it was in conflict with what he was learning on his Masters course at University.

My initial reaction was who is this jerk, what does he know etc.

Anyway we responded to him asking for more clarification about what he disagreed with.

The upshot was that

He was disapointed with his lecturers on his Masters course, they conflicted with each other and it did not tally up with his own personal experience which was more in line with my partners advice.

He had started his masters looking for answers and was feeling DISILLUSIONED with it and he's going to follow what we say closely.

Initially I thought his motivation was to stir things up, however it turned out he was looking for someone to tell him the truth.

Your post is a great reminder to me of this thanks.

Gavin

]]> By: Juho Tunkelo http://rayedwards.com/when-to-question-someone-elses-motives/comment-page-1/#comment-2821 Juho Tunkelo Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:03:15 +0000 http://rayedwards.com/?p=611#comment-2821 Very good points... whatever prompted them. We are sometimes so quick to judge other people's motives without a second thought. <br><br>What I've seen as a business consultant though, is that the most successful Fortune 500 companies out there tend to have one thing in common: they have a culture that respects the individual staff member. In other words, they have something you could call 'belief in the human within'. <br><br>Imagine that. :) Very good points… whatever prompted them. We are sometimes so quick to judge other people's motives without a second thought.

What I've seen as a business consultant though, is that the most successful Fortune 500 companies out there tend to have one thing in common: they have a culture that respects the individual staff member. In other words, they have something you could call 'belief in the human within'.

Imagine that. :)

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