Respect, Manners, & Etiquette
Podcast episode. A conversation on respect. We are taught to be “respectful?” But what does this mean exactly? Are adults the best example of being “respectful?” Something may be respectful to some, but no to others. Sometimes it seems to be a one-way street. And does etiquette serve any purpose in the modern world?
Release Date: November 11, 2022
We are taught to be “respectful?” But what does this mean exactly? Are adults the best example of being “respectful?” Something may be respectful to some, but no to others. Sometimes it seems to be a one-way street. And does etiquette serve any purpose in the modern world?
DISCLAIMER: Some hard and difficult topics. If you are easily offended, this may not be for you. There are sometimes some hard topics and hard truths, and if you are not ready for it, i suggest maybe to revisit at a later time when you do feel more prepared.
Audio
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Welcome
Where we take difficult topics and try to identify what’s blocking your view. Try to unlearn and rewash and possibly rewire our brains since we don’t seem to be having much luck changing other people’s views.
DISCLAIMER: Some hard and difficult topics. If you are easily offended, this may not be for you. There are sometimes some hard topics and hard truths, and if you are not ready for it, i suggest maybe to revisit at a later time when you do feel more prepared.
Guests - Laura and Jacob Galindo
We are citizens, colleagues, professionals, consumers, friends, family-members, teachers, learners, human beings.
Street Epistemology - Socratic Questioning
How did you come to that stance?
Are those reasons legitimate enough to continue to hold that stance?
Conjecture - Forming an opinion based on incomplete information.
How do you know when you have enough evidence to form an opinion?
Topic - Respect & Etiquette
Scenario - Scale from 1-100.
State your position. At the end we come back and see if the needle moved at all.
Scenario 1
Somebody you think highly of gives you constructive criticism about your craft or skill. One a scale of 1-100, how do you receive this criticism 0 being very poorly, 100 being very good.
Sal - 85/85
Vero - 85/85
Laura - 90/90
Jacob - 90/90
Scenario 2
Somebody you DON’T think highly of gives you constructive criticism about your craft or skill. One a scale of 1-100, how do you receive this criticism 0 being very poorly, 100 being very good.
Sal - 20/10
Vero - 20/12
Laura - 50/30
Jacob - 35/20
Level of Importance
On the same scale, how important is this to you?
Sal - 80
Vero - 85
Laura - 85
Jacob - 95
Questions to think about?
Define
Respect - high or special regard
Etiquette - the conduct or procedure required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be observed in social or official life
Why did you choose this topic?
How did you come to that stance?
Conjecture. How do you know when you have enough evidence to form an opinion?
How aware are you of your biases when forming opinions?
What is blocking your view? What is keeping you from changing your mind?
Is there a difference between manners, respect, and etiquette?
Respecting elders. Do they have an automatic “deserved” level of respect?
What about you? What are your thoughts? Let us know.
