On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 09:10:46AM +0200, Miroslav Suchy wrote: > >And conversely, if you feel like your position isn't being listened > >to, try "I guess I'm not making myself very clear. Let me try to > >restate.... Does this make more sense?" > Ha Ha. I heard exactly that from my English teacher several weeks > ago. For myself, this is cultural difference too. I would never use > such wording in my native language. (Disclaimer: I'm not targeting > the original thread, but disagreement in general).
Makes sense that there are some cultural differences here. But I think the underlying concept has some universality. Discussion is more productive in general when participants are active listeners and seek to understand the other points of view rather. Is there a different way you would approach the above which would feel more natural? The rest of your message, which I'm not quoting, is excellent advice, by the way — thank you! I also found this article <http://www.peterstark.com/2011/constructive-disagreement/>, which I recommend reading. It's a little focused on business communication rather than on community collaboration, but I think generally applies here too. -- Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
