Comments on: I’d Like To Have A Word With Dave http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/id-like-to-have-a-word-with-dave Keeping an eye on Dave Winer Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mcdtracy http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/id-like-to-have-a-word-with-dave/comment-page-1#comment-1568 mcdtracy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:39:46 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=416#comment-1568 <p>The key to influencing anyone in business, politics or religion is a simple pattern:</p> <ol> <li>seek to understand the other person's position</li> <li>find and acknowledge common ground</li> <li>probe he gaps in point of view and attempt to move the other person to your way of thinking.</li> </ol> <p>Dave's approach is flawed and ineffective.</p> <p>But I do respect that fact that he's trying.</p> The key to influencing anyone in business, politics or religion is a simple pattern:

  1. seek to understand the other person’s position
  2. find and acknowledge common ground
  3. probe he gaps in point of view and attempt to move the other person to your way of thinking.

Dave’s approach is flawed and ineffective.

But I do respect that fact that he’s trying.

]]> By: Derrick Schneider http://eyeonwiner.org/archives/2008/id-like-to-have-a-word-with-dave/comment-page-1#comment-1563 Derrick Schneider Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:15:25 +0000 http://eyeonwiner.org/?p=416#comment-1563 <p>I always try to remind people that any politician who's in a position to run for president on behalf of a major party is more similar than different vis a vis his or her opponent. Everyone lies, spins, and plays dirty pool if they can get away with it.</p> <p>I'm unabashedly Democratic, just also cynical.</p> I always try to remind people that any politician who’s in a position to run for president on behalf of a major party is more similar than different vis a vis his or her opponent. Everyone lies, spins, and plays dirty pool if they can get away with it.

I’m unabashedly Democratic, just also cynical.

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