Kelsey selected an article written by Susan Scott titled Fierce Conversations. This bold title jumped at me as fierce is such a powerful word. Excited to read the article, I was anticipating reading about how passionate conversation or debates correspond to interpersonal communications. Scott wrote this article to demonstrate the importance of having fierce conversations in all aspects of a person’s life and the repercussions of not having them. Scott states that “fierce” means intense, strong, powerful, passionate, eager and robust. Fierce emphasizes the importance of being genuinely present and authentic in as many as possible of the conversations you experience (Scott 54)
The conversation is the relationship. This concept pulled everything together in this article. I read this section twice as the words really impacted how I think of relationships. If the conversation stops, all the possibilities for the relationship …show more content…
Through this analysis, she encourages the reader to think about the preceding conversations that led them to where they are. Scott explains that you likely got to your current destination one failed or successful conversation at a time. If you are not where you want to be, you are the key to the resolution, or as Scott calls it, the accountable position (Scott 56) Improving your location starts when you decide to start being fierce in your conversations. It will not be easy, but it will be honest and will start you on the path to where you want to be. In order to improve your location, have to take the initial steps toward changing your direction. Comparatively, if where is are is where you wanted to be, you likely got there by having fierce conversations, whether you knew it at the time or not. This does not mean that you stop having those conversations, but that you cultivate the relationships with further fierce
The conversation is the relationship. This concept pulled everything together in this article. I read this section twice as the words really impacted how I think of relationships. If the conversation stops, all the possibilities for the relationship …show more content…
Through this analysis, she encourages the reader to think about the preceding conversations that led them to where they are. Scott explains that you likely got to your current destination one failed or successful conversation at a time. If you are not where you want to be, you are the key to the resolution, or as Scott calls it, the accountable position (Scott 56) Improving your location starts when you decide to start being fierce in your conversations. It will not be easy, but it will be honest and will start you on the path to where you want to be. In order to improve your location, have to take the initial steps toward changing your direction. Comparatively, if where is are is where you wanted to be, you likely got there by having fierce conversations, whether you knew it at the time or not. This does not mean that you stop having those conversations, but that you cultivate the relationships with further fierce