Where money is spent … so too are emotions heated … and reputations ruined. With the use of brain based tone tactics – the mind engages both sides before deciding on actions that support either. Poor tone shuts out one side and supports the other without weighing evidences against it.
The Democrat and Chronicle on July 25: showed issues that generate tone on two passionate sides of the issue. The human brain can block better options through perceptual blocks … and a wider view comes from tone skills that open to opposites. 
On one side we read …
- A ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles raining destruction on Iraqis and Afghanis with the touch of a "clean" hand from the safety of a
On the other …
- A
On one side ...
- A Fairport teenager and her parents started libraries, day-care centers and sent young girls to school with support in
On the other ...
- A four-pack of the "Reaper" drone bombs and missiles costs $69 million.
On one side …
- The cost for J.B. Manin to travel two weeks in
On the other …
- The cost for the Yogachandra family to send 10 girls to school in
On one side we read …
- Death, destruction, devastation, hatred.
On the other …
- 1,900 ambassadors for the youth of
- Schooling for 230,000 girls in
Which would you support after engaging both through effective tone tactics? Test your tone IQ.
Want a few brain based tone tips to help you disagree effectively...?
1. Affirm part of a person’s thoughts to show you really heard and valued them.
2. Thank people for their ideas and show how you’ll try or considered them.
3. State your ideas as simply another angle – rather than as a one-up idea
4. Ask great questions… rather that give opinion too fast. For instance… Have you thought about…? What if…? Could another possibility be …?
5. Finally, … why not add a different idea – more as part of a good discuss – than a need to top the original ideas. Do show details to support your ideas though – and they’ll run far deeper with people who use decent tone to engage issues on two sides – before they throw a hat into the ringer with either.
What tips would you offer to value others’ ideas in ways that show you learn from diverse views where you work?
» Tone To The Finish Line from BrainBasedBusiness
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