Psychology

» redback - part B

i"I know that I hold ideals that many others don't much care about."

You mentioned 'mindset' before..an interesting concept..I'll get back to it. First, part of my problem is any Reader's Digest condensed version may miss out on the substance of the dag within. ABC

Among other places, I come from a place where it was answer outcome-focused. Where the "daily grind" started with the premise the presented facts may be exaggerated if not false or incompetent or despite tragic truth, the answer may still be 'NO'. So, enjoyable social dalliances aside here, I'm more focused with outcomes rather than trying to second-guess or devalue the mindsets of posters. 'Where do we go from here' and 'process and program' are my recurring oft unstated themes.

A true story..happened over coffee today..yep at the coffee shop. (y'know my dalliances in suite101 ) A fella, 75 years old, an active Mason. He reminded me of you.
We talk of my suite101 "experiences" on occasions. He asks me today: "Am I allowed to move permanently to Vietnam?" Being suite-minded, we talk about "free choice" etc without 30 posts supervening.

Cutting a long conversation short, his "Am I allowed" decoded to being worried about losing his Age Pension etc. I could re-assure him twas not so. He believes in the power of prayer. I gave him your Hagee example ie the power of Hagee prEying on those with a belief in the power of prayer. He believes he's also manipulated until, on reflection he said it wasn't happening but he can see the risks. Sorry...I do see some 'pink' in Jim's cheek.

I do things despite (not because of) what the government etc says I should do. It's attitudinal not civil unrest. I baulk at tones of instruction. Generalisations frequently equate to exaggerations or are so loose, they become meaningless to me. Mankind loves fish & chips? I am offered ("manifest") examples I whizzed through at school. Etc.

I read your initial response to part B: "You're probably more correct in your conclusions than you are wrong." before AND after I remove all my questions to see what 'conclusions' if any remain and those that could be wrong or seen to be wrong. Why do I bother could be a possible thought?

Have you heard of continuous performance improvement which was my daily diet OR "being fed crumbs"? Useless advocacy? Zero based management perhaps. Click here if interested.

So, I'm at a place where while I don't have your experiences I have MANY more experiences than whatever passes for average here. BTW: how many thousand people have you interviewed? I've worked on where the "world" could be heading in 10 years time and other more fascinating stuff that reminds me to work on my autobiography elsewhere, not here. ABC

We're still not talking the same language but let's give it a shot. I'm skilled at extending the benefit of the doubt as far as 'fair dinkum' is concerned.

There many things I care about.

-- posted by redback