20 August 2012

 Sooo... I got to wondering...

Why do many people prefer to focus on the negative or the differences they encounter?

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• Jody Bean

  Like, a factoid presented at Walgreen's training on Saturday:

  Only 1 in 15 customers will talk about a positive shopping experience with their friends, while 1 badly affected customer, on average, will tell 17 of their friends about their experience...

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  Jody Bean

  Politicians are notorious for mud-slinging - focusing on the poor decisions of their opponents...

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  Jody Bean

  Consider also the various "ism"s: racism, sexism, ageism, classism...

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• James S. Driscoll

  Why did that driver cut ME off? Uh, they cut off the car, not the person.

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  Jody Bean

  (...part of me thinks the underlying cause goes back to ego defense - focus on another's weakness, in order to cast one's self in a better light...)

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  Jody Bean

  Also... I think judging is considered a higher-order thinking skill:

  After gathering evidence and experience, we still need to sort out the wheat from the chaffe. We need to determine 'what good to pursue and what bad to avoid'...

  

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• Rita Lynn

  FEAR!!!