Good suggestion. I think the list of repeat offenders needs to practice this.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Very understandable. Now one suggestion if I may, look at what you are > thinking at that point, and the words you are using. I'm not going to > play psychotherapist or anything like that. But one thing the data are > very clear on is the relationship between what and how we are thinking > and subsequent actions. Absolutist thinking leads to very rigid > thinking and behavior. We get into a pattern of behavior and it > becomes very difficult to break out of. I think that it is happening > with many of us and how we are reacting on this list. Myself included. > > One exercise that think that can help is to practice some cognitive > dissonance. Write a couple of paragraphs presenting the arguments from > the other side. And they have to be convincing ones. Aside from > helping to break out of the habitual thinking we tend to get into this > exercise has another purpose. It allows you to strengthen your own > arguments. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325511 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
