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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 00:16:00 GMT
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- From: Dag Forssell <0004742580@MCIMAIL.COM>
- Subject: congruency, revolution
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- [From Dag Forssell (930104)] Bill Powers (930104.0900)
-
- >I think it's important to keep asking, as you read your own writing,
- >"Is this the sort of thing anyone could say no matter what theory they
- >believed in?"
-
- Did you refer to the control diagram when you read the admonitions about
- effectiveness? I keep the diagram on an easel and point to it.
-
- >Even when you do say things that are commonplace, the point should be
- >to explain WHY these things are beneficial. Your students come out of
- >the seminar understanding a lot more of the "why."
-
- This is the point of PCT. The world looks and sounds the same, but your
- understanding of control gives all the familiar things a brand new
- context which changes your understanding and makes all the difference.
-
- >Can't more of that get into the printed matter?
-
- Not until I write my book. The slides should have as little as possible,
- not to distract from the presentation while keeping it on track.
- My book may be entitled "Purposeful Leadership". Got notification today
- of trademark number 1,740,117 from a vendor who wants me to send $120 for
- a plaque to "preserve the beauty of my trademark." I guess this means I
- graduate from TM to Circle R. (Clearly higher in the hierarchy).
-
- This section of my post dealt with congruency between private and public
- posts. Any comment on that? Do disputes arise when participants on the
- net have objectives other than understanding PCT and supporting the
- effectiveness of others (when they use PCT) for other, clearly stated
- objectives.
- -------------------------------------------------------
-
- How about the other section of my post? Does anyone think it is
- worthwhile to develop a context of scientific revolutions as a way to go
- up a level for the introduction of PCT? Is my outline a way?
-
- Best to all, Dag
-