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By: Bes

Bes — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:02:47 +0000

Excellent point about the disadvantages Sawai! The level of confidence and trust is important when communicating with others, and when you disagree, those levels can trigger a lot of things. Like you said, if the outcome is only doubts about things related to the person you are communicating with, then it is not a good thing unless your focus is to create or have doubts.

Disagreeing friends can be good if your friendship is not hurt or affected, and if the levels of respect both people have for each other is not affected or manipulated negatively because of the disagreements.

By: sawai

sawai — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:50:49 +0000

It can be really good having friends who disagree with you. This will help see different point of views on things.

There are certain disadvantages too. If the level of confidence with which the other person is disagreeing with you, is higher than yours, it will cause us to doubt ourselves in the future. Not a good thing, right? Worse come worse, if what the other person says becomes true, it will seriously hurt our confidence levels.

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By: Bes

Bes — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:00:09 +0000

Thanks for putting it in more effective words Daniel!

You are right: “diversity always enrich” us. Traveling is one of the best ways to know other cultures and what other opinions are, yes. Once you realize and acknowledge that other types of people and ideas exist in the universe also, you will learn and improve. I also like your point that we will learn that things are not always either right or wrong.

Thanks again Daniel.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:48:19 +0000

Good point.

I would extend it to the following statement: diversity always enrich.

That is why travelling and getting to know other cultures around the world will always make you a smarter and better person. You grow when you realize that there are more ways to see the same situation, and that not necessarily one is right and one is wrong.