I was thinking back over the on-line assessments I’ve taken.  One was emotional intelligence .. and quite an interesting assessment … I find many of these to have some statements that can be interpreted several ways.  Here were my challenges:

I get bored with many activities and hobbies

Now does this mean that I get bored if I have many activities and hobbies underway simultaneously? Or I get bored with a large number of activities and hobbies; in other words, not many activities and hobbies can hold my attention? The ambiguous word here is ‘many’. What number constitutes ‘many’?

I use free time to learn things that might be useful in the future

Here the ambiguous word is not ‘might’, it’s ‘useful’. Useful for what? The future. That is a very broad word. I had someone tell me that in Stephen Covey’s 2 x 2 model [important / not important / urgent / not urgent] (more…)

I’m reading a great book about blame.  Blame is a big part of team dysfunctions and conflict.  Blame is part of the no-win situation, for blame has no constructive value.  Blame will simply fuel the conflict fire.  It is so easy to get wrapped up in this blame-game and finger-pointing, (more…)

The most recent Supreme Court Justice appointee has been getting a lot of publicity, as expected.  These Justices handle perhaps the most difficult judgment cases in the United States.  This is where all appeals end.  Depending on the viewpoints of the Justices, their decisions could actually change the climate of (more…)