The main reason is simple. In learning, we develop flexibility and new objections, new perspectives and new ways of being. For instance, if you know that the present way in doing business isn't right for you, learning something about it will allow you to do things differently. You keep changing the strategy that you've executed until you achieve your end desired outcome.
Personally, I find this to be liberating. However, a lot of people come to believe that this …show more content…
I used to work in a mental institution in Singapore, and I also treat some people who have mental illness, so it's easy for me to share odd and unfortunate experiences so that people can learn to get along with their lives more readily.
I've also done what I can to share personal experiences of the countries I do business in with others who haven't had the opportunity but would like to know how to operate in those cities. It's a way of exchanging ideas, which I believe to be a fundamental asset in building relationships and expanding knowledge at the same time.
The point here is that our own experience is just ONE perspective. Imagine if you had the ability to gather with different people to share opinions and ideas. These ideas are going to be worth so much more to you if you had shared them, nurtured them and gotten different perspectives from people who can then kindle the small idea into a flaming bonanza. After all, ideas are free, the rest is action, which depends on you and the way you align to your goals.
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Solution: simple - ask questions, post opinions in 140 characters or less, and keep the conversation open.
They claim that their opinion is not valuable. I know exactly what you mean. Personally, I don't find my opinion valuable to everyone all the time. But when it is valuable, I can tell because someone tells me about it. For every 100 messages I send out, I get 1 or 2 really heartfelt responses. That's good to last for the next 100 or 200. Your opinion is yours. The value it has depends on how deeply someone else considers it, so let society judge it further long after your idea has been planted, not just today.
They claim it's silly to share their idea. I know exactly what you mean. You might think that your idea is laughable, and unlike the above point where the idea or opinion is ignored, you actually find people will ridicule it. Let's be honest for a while here. To be laughed at is a great thing. I'll bet there are many people laughing at my ideas. I've had people say I'm idealistic. I've had people tell me that my posts were worthless. I've even had people mail me and tell me that I'm talking crap. It's fine. It's a free country (or cyberspace for that matter). The real trouble you will have is when you have that seedling of an idea or opinion that you have not yet voiced that could be the last message you ever give. This is the reason why I find that Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture is such a powerful reminder of speaking your truth simply