Comments on: The Art of Being Wrong http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/2008/10/08/the-art-of-being-wrong/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:01:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jay http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/2008/10/08/the-art-of-being-wrong/#comment-41 Jay Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:01:30 +0000 http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/blog/?p=32#comment-41 Wonderful perspectives! These techniques can really open one up to actually listening to what another is saying. I would add that being wrong can actually be very valuable. If it's a skill or technique issue, being wrong can indicate that you have pushed your own envelope and therefore have the opportunity to learn from it and move past. In biology, genes make mistakes in replication and we get new character traits that may (or may not!) improve an organism's effectiveness. In music, Charlie Parker plays a wrong note, finds an intriguing affect as a result and devises a way to utilize it again, on purpose and in context. Bebop is born. Wonderful perspectives! These techniques can really open one up to actually listening to what another is saying.

I would add that being wrong can actually be very valuable. If it’s a skill or technique issue, being wrong can indicate that you have pushed your own envelope and therefore have the opportunity to learn from it and move past.

In biology, genes make mistakes in replication and we get new character traits that may (or may not!) improve an organism’s effectiveness.

In music, Charlie Parker plays a wrong note, finds an intriguing affect as a result and devises a way to utilize it again, on purpose and in context. Bebop is born.

]]> By: Donald J. Groom http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/2008/10/08/the-art-of-being-wrong/#comment-40 Donald J. Groom Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:38:04 +0000 http://www.respectfulworkplace.com/blog/?p=32#comment-40 Of course it applies to others, not to me. I'm right almost all the time. See, I said "almost". Fantastic article. Very valuable. Seriously, a very good reminder to restore our perspective. Of course it applies to others, not to me. I’m right almost all the time. See, I said “almost”.

Fantastic article. Very valuable. Seriously, a very good reminder to restore our perspective.

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