I grew up with a great father that taught me Socrates - teach by posing the question. Later, Plato's student, Aristotle, developed it into Rhetoric and Logic.
The greatest thing 3 men ever created that gave rise to western civilization.
Few understand how it even taught us how to understand Christ word when it came to ethics and morality.
Huge thing.
This statement by this clown is pure sophistry.
When I learned of sophistry?
Was blown away, that at one time people just listened and accepted their masters.
The Egyptian priest would say nonsense and the people accepted.
Whilst not an academic, one of the most powerful tools I've learned over the years is to take your own problems and externalise them into a person you are talking to (mental exercise).
Then, listen to the problems as if that other person was saying them and respond with the best advice you can provide.
This appears to remove the ego from the equation to a large degree and then you can take the advice you just gave for yourself and you invariably solve the problem.
What I took away from that experience was that we already know what we need to do, but sometimes we don't want to do it (for whatever reason). However, we are more than happy to provide sound advice to others because we know it is something they should do, regardless of how they feel about it.
It's literally an ego bypass. Your comment about posing the question feels linked to this process to me. Someone far brighter than me can hopefully explain that a lot better than I just tried to do :)
Damn JonathanE, that is profound, and I'll be thinking about this all day. I've noticed I've become more of a procrastinator lately. When you said, "we already know what we need to do, but sometimes we don't want to do it (for whatever reason). However, we are more than happy to provide sound advice to others because we know it is something they should do", that hit me differently. I've got a to-do list a mile long & I know what I need to do. But I don't especially want to do any of it, however, I'll busy myself all day to go do something for someone else, using that as an excuse not to do what I should be doing. Then I get anxiety when another day passes and I haven't done what I know I should be doing. Who do I make my check out to for today's therapy?
I grew up with a great father that taught me Socrates - teach by posing the question. Later, Plato's student, Aristotle, developed it into Rhetoric and Logic.
The greatest thing 3 men ever created that gave rise to western civilization.
Few understand how it even taught us how to understand Christ word when it came to ethics and morality.
Huge thing.
This statement by this clown is pure sophistry.
When I learned of sophistry?
Was blown away, that at one time people just listened and accepted their masters.
The Egyptian priest would say nonsense and the people accepted.
We are back in that day again.
Whilst not an academic, one of the most powerful tools I've learned over the years is to take your own problems and externalise them into a person you are talking to (mental exercise).
Then, listen to the problems as if that other person was saying them and respond with the best advice you can provide.
This appears to remove the ego from the equation to a large degree and then you can take the advice you just gave for yourself and you invariably solve the problem.
What I took away from that experience was that we already know what we need to do, but sometimes we don't want to do it (for whatever reason). However, we are more than happy to provide sound advice to others because we know it is something they should do, regardless of how they feel about it.
It's literally an ego bypass. Your comment about posing the question feels linked to this process to me. Someone far brighter than me can hopefully explain that a lot better than I just tried to do :)
Damn JonathanE, that is profound, and I'll be thinking about this all day. I've noticed I've become more of a procrastinator lately. When you said, "we already know what we need to do, but sometimes we don't want to do it (for whatever reason). However, we are more than happy to provide sound advice to others because we know it is something they should do", that hit me differently. I've got a to-do list a mile long & I know what I need to do. But I don't especially want to do any of it, however, I'll busy myself all day to go do something for someone else, using that as an excuse not to do what I should be doing. Then I get anxiety when another day passes and I haven't done what I know I should be doing. Who do I make my check out to for today's therapy?
No charge, if you get benefit then just pass it on :)
Brilliant reply. Thanks