'Speak your mind, they pretend not to be listening but they're hearing' is an intellectual revolution that sought to rid ignorance. Or did it really!
Because I seem to get a lot of criticism about my interaction with people., which I have no problem with. I'm not really a people's person at heart but I do manage to along with quite a few. A couple of people have stated that I do not take anybody's idea. What? I dare say that such characterisation holds no water whatsoever. In listening, one should have an opportunity to hear what is said. 'Hear'. When you hear, you do not readily agree with the suggestion. Not to say you have better thoughts but values are ordinarily, guides to what anyone engaged in a debate agrees or disagrees. Yes, I'm a good listener but I do not readily agree to people's suggestion; thus, I hear what people say. Some have misinterpreted my healthily confrontational scepticism as to show I'm pig-headed. 'Pig-headed', may be, but I believe that I'm an opinionated individual who happen to like an honest argument which does not breach personal values. It also dawned in me that my uncompromising and meticulous need for quality and perfection has and may be misinterpreted as yearning for popularity. Apparently, this 'popularity' which is said to be a driving force in my character is rather unachievable. What is not realised is that, intuitively, I disregarded 'popularity' because I figured out it was an unrealistic goal for sophisticated and accomplished individuals like I. Now, I ask, which evidence or facts do my detractors have to utter such malice accusations.
I do not think myself as dictatorial or bossy for that matter. What I would like to be percieve is someone who's cool, distant and intellectually adventurous
Furthemore, I would not be retorting if I had not listened and heared, but attention and criticism brought to me is worth every second if it's well founded and based on facts, not from non-value observation.
I do listen, hear, try to interpret what people are actually saying in an objective manner.' I would like to engage in a debate that allows us, as people, to show that we are all human being who have serious concerns to discuss. I'm trying to say there is irreverent emphasis on my importance. What i'm trying to stregthen is an open lifestyle that I'm unconsciously inheriting. A lifestyle that listen to people's criticism, modify them for the better, and finally, become a better citizem of the the global community. 'A better citizen' does not mean 'better than any other person' but what it means is deep seated honesty to be fundamentally good to oneself, own aspirations, and others. However, this assertion does not promote complacency, where people gain the advantage of mainipulating me. Open ended honesty is encouraged but should not give anyone access to underhanded tactics.
I can not afford to be bossy in my than I can be an articulate, controversial intellectual, who happens to swallow his pride and resort to shame culture.
Despite my being misinterpreted on my statement, sometimes due to my frail communication, I will continue to be as rhetorical, or other's term 'argumentative'. This, I'll do, when I'm in doubt of what the speaker to ears is saying. How am I going to do this? Through asking provocative questions, some of the will be unsettling to listener. When in doubt, do research and qustioning is the fundamental functioning of research.
Above all, I continue to listen, hear and weed misinterpretation. I wouldn't care less if I happen to, rhetorically, step into other people's shoes to get the message accross. Nothing beats precise and clear communication.
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