(2) essay «language, creating our reality»
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Language, creating our realityPassage from «Some Essays About Management»
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In the beginning there was a Word…
Everything began with it
It’s the basisof how we think, how we communicate, how we see the world
Words help us to describe our reality
The word is a key element of any language
The language – it’s a system of words, where combinations of them
owing to common agreement have
a conventional meaning and these combinations can be used for communication
The language is a tool for our thinking, for accumulating knowledge
The general function of the language is
communication
Why is that so important?
Because management, that is
communication
By means of words we create our own reality
Reality is created by sense and meaning of the words describing it
And everyone reads
one’s own sense and meaning in the same words
Every single word is
a containerAnd these containers can be filled with content and meaning by the man only
Firstly, maturing –with another’s sense and meaning
Then – with one’s own experience
Do we want a real and adequate communication?
We exchange with each other empty containers. By throwing their content away, while speaking.
Then – we fill them with our own content.
What to do?
To arrange their content and meaning – beforehand
But what if one’s container is empty?If one doesn’t know such a word?
In that case this one will receive something that has
not existed in his reality yet, had no sense
and meaning for him so far
When explaining meanings of unfamiliar words to your interlocutors - you fill them at once with your
own meaning
What is the aim of communication?
It is an information exchange, free of distortions
…The information exchange for the purpose of effective management
How much effective would be a talk between a Hyperborean and an Easterner about
deer farming and rice culturing?
It may be problematic…
How to avoid that?
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To remember that communication, it’s the very sense and meaning put by your interlocutor in the words pronounced by you
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To assure completely that one understands you –on the one hand, and that you understand your interlocutor correctly – on the other hand
Our thinkingis directly related to the language
We can see and understand only what we are able to describe with words
We get to know new words – and
our reality changes
Changing and filling our language and the language of people around, we are able to change our thinking
to any direction we need
What do we visualize the surrounding reality like?
Like it’s described by filters of the language we think and communicate
Language filters represent one of many sets of
patterns our mind usually uses
Such patterns which we usually use to see the world, which we perceive information by
Is that good or bad – that there are such filters, patterns and reduction of reality by
threshold of perception?
There is no clear answer.
It’s necessary just to keep in mind that the reality in general and the reduced,
personal reality differ.
And the more sets of patterns you have, the nearer to the true reality you are.
What do we do when
project management learning?
We change and extend the patterns of our thinking and adjust our filters
In our reality we’ve got a new thing: projects and project management
In real life –
a project is multidimensional,like a cube
How do we use filters? We unfold the cube to several sides
…converting it to
clearer plans
To the plans of supply management, risk management, communication management…
What can be achieved in result?
Very often we substitute the management of a real project with the management
of reality fragments
What to do?
To learn to break all patterns and supplement our filters
To realize, that we are stinted and deprived of a great deal of different opportunities
and…
To change ever and manage effectively
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