I’m right!
You are wrong!
A zero sum no growth argument
Humans have an innate relationship with three, which goes back through the ages and across all forms of spoken and written communication.
Some examples ...
- A B C and 1 2 3
- Freud’s theory of the personality ... id, ego, superego
- The Three Musketeers,
- The Three Stooges,
- Three Amigos,
- Three Men and a Baby
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Gold, Silver and Bronze medals
- The three wise men
- Baseball has three bases
- Huey, Dewey, and Louie
The list goes on and on.
What’s this got to do with a couple of angry cartoon characters?
Let’s look at the concept of a Third View
When faced with a challenging situation how about you approach that with some questions such as ….
- If we were to break that down into 3 steps what could they be?
- What 3 options could be considered as being worth investigating?
- ????? ….. now it’s time for you to come up with a third option.
Confrontation commences with the default … I’m right you are wrong approach.
Going head to head is a win/loose zero sum game, and that approach doesn't create better outcomes.
Third View shifts the focus and thinking toward a collaborate outcome, rather than confrontational.
Time to change perspective …. there is your view, their view and a yet to be explored better view (the third view).