idiot medicine

18:2 “A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
 but only in expressing his opinion.”

Covey affirmed this years ago saying “seek first to understand, then to be understood”.

Am I more interested, initially, firing off my opinion…or, with patience, grace, curiosity, and humility do I proactively seek to understanding someone else’s “why”?

Story, situation, and context matter.

Tone and timing of my responses matter.

One reveals and rewards the idiot within.

The other shows us as wise, maturing, and others-centered.

Social Media and SEC Post Game Radio Call In Shows cater to our inner idiot.

Patience, questions, concerns, curiosity and relationship do the opposite.