Are You a Ball-Buster ?

The ClubHouse: The Game II - Mysterious Puzzler: Discussions/Challenges: Are You a Ball-Buster ?

Misslibra

Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 05:23 am Click here to edit this post

Is "My Way or the Highway" your motto? Or do you tend to play the pushover?


I myself believe in compromise. You give a little to get a little. I never have been, "it's my way or the highway kind of a person". And really dislike people who are that way. I was just curious if we had any ball-busters in the house ?

Spamgirl

Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 06:35 am Click here to edit this post

I think the answer for me is obvious ;)

Newamush

Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 07:04 am Click here to edit this post

Not me. I give out what I expect back. I know people like that (well, at least I knew people like that) and I absolutely have no time for that. It's all about respect. You treat people the way you would want to be treated. Being a ball-buster serves no purpose but to alienate people.

More flies with honey, etc.....

Guruchaz

Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 10:33 am Click here to edit this post

Oh, I'm very diplomatic here.

Azriel

Tuesday, January 23, 2001 - 04:08 pm Click here to edit this post

I can get pretty headstrong over something that I have deep feelings about, but I don't think I've ever thought my way was the ONLY way. The BEST way maybe...

Guruchaz

Thursday, January 25, 2001 - 10:22 am Click here to edit this post

Ok, and my real answer to this question is:

If I don't catch myself, there are times when I do things that seem self-serving. When that happens, I get questions like "Why do we always have to do what you want to do?" or "Why do we always have to go where you want to go?" A good example of this is the reaction of friends as I was growing up. We all would want to do something on the weekend or whenever but nobody wanted to take the initiative on throwing out suggestions. So, I took up the slack. Of course, after this started becoming a repeat procedure, I'd get the inevitable questions. Talk about sarcasm flying. lol! Now, with Tonia it's different. We both like a lot of the same things and we mostly compromise. Very rarely do we have any issues along these lines.

I've learned to be good about getting everyone's input. I'll use this new debate challenge as an example. There are 4 people on our team that have a voice so I definitely don't think it's "my way or the highway". When collaborating on projects or in group situations, I make it a point to be very open and listen to all ideas. (Yeah, shocker huh?) If I was a military trainer training recruits then that may be a different story. It's all about responsibility.