Getting Personal With God

A Perspective on Opinions - How Misunderstandings and Emotions can get in the Way of Your Future

Lenora Diane / Kathy Townsend Season 1 Episode 34

Everybody’s got an opinion. Share it with caution.  Real communication takes real effort.

What is an Opinion?   o·pin·ion /əˈpinyən/  noun

a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. way of thinking, point of view , viewpoint, outlook, angle, slant, attitude, stance, perspective, reflections, idea, assumption, conviction, in my view, if you ask me, the beliefs or views of a large number or majority of people about a particular thing.

Forming opinions are part of how we learn but are risky.  Sharing opinions helps gain perspective but opinions could become judgments where we stop listening, stop asking questions and bring division.

Work vs social media response patterns

  • The Risks and Benefits of Opinions
  • Written versus spoken communication and the amplified ways to misunderstand.
  • Be careful how you hear. Emotions, mindset, assumptions and their impact on hearing others.
  • Often we don’t listen, we interpret
  • Opinion vs belief
  • What if an opinion moves to a judgement?

Bald like a lion?   Funny stories of what was said versus what was heard.

Couple communication:  Listening versus interpreting.  Slowing down to speed up.

Seeking common ground and communicating good will.

The benefits of debates

Discussion matters, debate matters, listening matters, telling the truth, getting to the “truth matters….. in my opinion.

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Note: This episode was recorded under the former podcast name.
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