My honest, first reaction to the criticisms was frustration because I felt most comments didn’t deal with what I saw as the topic I’d addressed. I need to look inside myself and decide what my goals are. They saw this as an unfair use of the opportunity this forum provides me.Ģ. When I described these as “facts” and as “progress,” it caused these readers to question my credibility and motives. Many readers disagree with these “facts” and don’t see “progress” in this direction as a good thing. In my response, I called four statements about climate change that leaders from the BASIC nations had agreed to as “facts.” While the leaders in their agreement also called them “facts,” they are better characterized as “conclusions.” Not only did I label these conclusions as “facts,” I also applauded their agreement because I felt it represented “progress in their dialogue.” Most of the letters I received focus on an assumption I made and never actually acknowledged. I’ve seen and felt the heat of their sentiments and to understand what I’ve done to cause these feelings I need to backtrack to the facts behind these stories.īacktrack to Facts. Our readers are a pretty gentle crew, so when they write, “you’ve lost credibility,” “you’ve used this forum as a soap box,” and “what unprofessional text!” I know people are deeply upset. I hope my transparent application of these conversation tools will also rebuild my relationship with some of you with whom I may have lost faith.ġ. My guess is that we all find ourselves in this unfortunate position from time to time. I’d like to apply the crucial conversations principles to last week’s column and its resulting controversy. However, rather than dig back into the climate change content, I’d like to use this column for its real purpose-to learn about dialogue. It illustrates that even the ‘experts’ totally botch the process.” But then he goes on to say, “I’d love to see you take another stab at this topic.” Ben Semadeni echoes many readers’ reactions when he says, “I was disgusted with this column. I got more than 40 negative responses on the blog and our editor received several as well. However, I didn’t intend to write a political column and I am sorry it came out that way. Like most people, I obviously have my own views on global warming. I created a firestorm with my response to last week’s question about the crucial conversations world leaders are having about climate change. David Maxfield is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Influencer: The Power to Change Anything.
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