People Only Hear What They Want to Hear. Accept It Rather than Explain Yourself
Consulting with others is important, but at some point, we need decisions and action.
Two cows look at an object reeking out of the water.
One cow is convinced it’s a crocodile.
One cow is convinced it’s just a trunk.
The cows debate for a while, and eventually, the cow thinking the object was a crocodile steps on it and is eaten alive by the crocodile.
Now the other cow, thinking the object was a trunk, changes its mind and says the object is a crocodile.
Enter a third cow.
The third cow is convinced the object is just a trunk.
As Paulo Coelho said: “Don’t waste your time with explanations; people only hear what they want to hear.”
Does this sound familiar? How many times have you explained your thinking, giving reasons and arguments, for the other side still not to share your thinking and reasoning?
