This chapter may be the most accurate for my everyday life. It speaks of arguments that deal with blame...one in specific.... "Who moved my cheese? This, of course, is a blame issue. Whodunit"? In my house hold there is always an issue about stuff coming off missing. I mean, we always know who it is (my little brother) but we never have a way to prove him guilty. Either we all get in trouble....or we all get in trouble *sighs* but this chapter taught me something...
"We expect our arguments to accomplish something. You want a debate to settle an issue, with everyone walking away in agreement—with you. This is hard to achieve if no one can get beyond who is right or wrong, good or bad. Why do so many arguments end up in accusation and name-calling?
The answer may seem silly, but it’s crucial: most arguments take place in the wrong tense. Choose the right tense. If you want your audience to make a choice, focus on the future. Tenses are so important that Aristotle assigned a whole branch of rhetoric to each one."
I can truly say that this chapter has slightly opened my half closed eyes just a little more. I have two more chapters to do before i go to bed, wonder what else i'll learn.
"We expect our arguments to accomplish something. You want a debate to settle an issue, with everyone walking away in agreement—with you. This is hard to achieve if no one can get beyond who is right or wrong, good or bad. Why do so many arguments end up in accusation and name-calling?
The answer may seem silly, but it’s crucial: most arguments take place in the wrong tense. Choose the right tense. If you want your audience to make a choice, focus on the future. Tenses are so important that Aristotle assigned a whole branch of rhetoric to each one."
I can truly say that this chapter has slightly opened my half closed eyes just a little more. I have two more chapters to do before i go to bed, wonder what else i'll learn.