raising objections..again

One area of Epstein’s book that I feel can further my conversations would be raising objections. I thought this area was something that we face in everyday life. Whether it be customers we are dealing with, or someone that’s catering to us. We face ideas and thoughts that we object to all day long, simply because everyone has their own beliefs. I think raising objections is just a way for you to show how you feel about a situation or idea that someone has shown you. I think there often times wrong ways of raising objections and that it tends to scare people. If done properly you or the other person might be able to learn more about an idea that you may not have known before. It is almost one of those situations where you don’t want to judge a book by its cover, because maybe you havn’t done enough research on that book to know what it is your talking about.

favorites!

One of my favorite things during the class would probably be the group projects. I think personally for me I enjoyed them so much because of the people in my group. We had fun skype conversations and random emails going back and forth, but it allowed us to get to know each other quickly because of the projects that needed to be completed. Although I am sure we all had some snags, overall my group was amazing and there some people that I am sure I will keep in contact with!! One of my least favorites was having to rememeber to go online to do the posts. I think for me with my poor interent service and little time it was hard to do it every 12 hours. However I understand the point of the time constraint and being a little more organized in order to complete them. Other than that I had a blast in the class, the teacher was very thorough and helpful.

what i have learned.

This class has definitely taught me a lot about the way we communicate with people. There were chapters in Epstein's book that I never would have considered to be important until I read them and was able to understand what it was that Epstein was trying to tell us. One idea that I think shocked me and taught me a lot would be Chapter 10 the appealing to fear and just how well it can be used. I always knew about appealing to emotion, but I think the examples that had been used as well as the overall information that Epstein gives, threw me for a loop and made me realize just how powerful appealing to someone's emotions can be. All in all Epstein was able to teach us so much, some of it was very confusing but others made perfect sense and it makes you more aware of what you are saying and how you go about saying it.