Comments on: Between disagreement and cynicism http://www.fullcirc.com/2009/03/11/between-disagreement-and-cynicism/ connections for a changing world, online and offline... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:42:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Matt Moore http://www.fullcirc.com/2009/03/11/between-disagreement-and-cynicism/comment-page-1/#comment-8001 Matt Moore Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:50:46 +0000 http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/?p=606#comment-8001 It's a tough call isn't it? For me the difference between disagreement & cynicism is that cynicism ends with “it's all too hard, let's do nothing” where as disagreement says “this is wrong and this is what we need to change and here's a way we might do that”. I am a cynical person – but I'm also pretty arrogant so I believe I (actually that should be “we”) can change things that probably can't be changed. There's definitely something there about having a goal – and as an external person you can focus on that goal in way that participans (with their own day-to-day priorities and agendas) cannot. Then allied to that is the notion of permission (which is closely related to trust). If we've agreed on the goal and you want to get there, you have to give me permission to do all the things necessary to get you there – e.g. we give permission to personal gym trainers to push us outside our comfort zones. Just thinkin' It’s a tough call isn’t it? For me the difference between disagreement & cynicism is that cynicism ends with “it’s all too hard, let’s do nothing” where as disagreement says “this is wrong and this is what we need to change and here’s a way we might do that”. I am a cynical person – but I’m also pretty arrogant so I believe I (actually that should be “we”) can change things that probably can’t be changed.

There’s definitely something there about having a goal – and as an external person you can focus on that goal in way that participans (with their own day-to-day priorities and agendas) cannot.

Then allied to that is the notion of permission (which is closely related to trust). If we’ve agreed on the goal and you want to get there, you have to give me permission to do all the things necessary to get you there – e.g. we give permission to personal gym trainers to push us outside our comfort zones.

Just thinkin’

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