Comments on: How many times should I have a conversation before I give up? https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-many-times-should-i-have-a-conversation-before-i-give-up/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:32:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Bscopes – Best Leadership Blogs « rapidbibusinessimprovement https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-many-times-should-i-have-a-conversation-before-i-give-up/#comment-2326 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:32:18 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2892#comment-2326 […] How many times should I have a conversation before I give up? […]

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]]> By: Stan https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-many-times-should-i-have-a-conversation-before-i-give-up/#comment-2324 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:31:05 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2892#comment-2324 I’ve had this happen many times when I give a seminar. I turn the question into another question aimed at the questioner. For example; I said Why are we here? the answer comes back. I don’t know, I was told to be here. “Who told you, and what did they expect?”

We keep going in this exchange until we get to the truth and understanding.

]]> By: Larry Hiner https://cruciallearning.com/blog/how-many-times-should-i-have-a-conversation-before-i-give-up/#comment-2323 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:12:32 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=2892#comment-2323 Good suggestions about breaking down the eventual desired outcome into successive approximations, and about accountability. Also, I’d offer:

1) Never give up.
2) Adjust what it is that ‘you’ are expecting as change – it may not be the same as the person you are engaging, even if the conversation has been conducted in the “crucial” format.

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