Re: Lets get to the bottom of it.

I agree 100% with Mahesh.

Forums, groups are actually very useful to learn the unknown things.

It is a simple formula:

1) Try countering with facts. Provide links and book references. Try best to
share your knowledge.
2) Contirbute your best.
3) If we lost all the facts/material to counter then agree to disagree.
4) Ignore the dirt and filth. Just like in an evening market, forums/groups
will have all sorts of people. Don't we ignore junk mail. Install any great
junk filter, you still get it. In the same way we should ignore emails from
nonsense.

Since this thread is about "Lets get to the bottom of it", can we get the
specific posts that are like promoting sub regional, casteistic or only to a
political party etc.? Can we honestly introspect the percieved wrong doings
of this forum.

Honestly, I am of the opinion that this forum is progressing as compared to
couple of months ago.

-Ramana
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----Original Message Follows----
From: Mahesh Gorle <mahesh.gorle@gmail.com>
Reply-To: AndhraOne@googlegroups.com
To: AndhraOne@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Lets get to the bottom of it.
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:20:08 -0500

Very well put Chandu.
Perhaps it is time for all of us to think about it seriously.
It is very important to think about us.
Supposedly after living in USA for so long, we should all have lot in
common.
Together, if we cannot run a forum like this, I think all the 'criticism' we
put to the politicians or bureaucrats in India may not weigh much.
We have to control these egos and competitiveness among us.
This constant measurement of how high I am to the other should be
normalized.
We should all mature to by-pass unwanted criticism and put friendship and
sharing up front.
I pray God to give us all good health and a friendly and kind heart in the
coming new Year.

Happy Holidays Friends.

Mahesh Gorle.

On 12/21/05, Chandu Sambasiva Rao <srchandu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nice twist to our discussion. In fact very important twist.
>
> What I think:
>
> 1. "We" are not trained on "soft skills" formally in our schools
> 2. Specifically, we are not trained on how to give/receive objective
> feedback
> 3. We learn the ropes ourselves by watching others. While this
> diversity is welcome, we also fall short in dealing with larger and/or
> diverse groups
> 4. We tend to treat feedback as "criticism" more often than needed
> 5. Managing feedback is a core strength of any "team"
> 6. Mastering this skill is essential to progress any career
>
> What I would like to know:
>
> 1. All stereo types are to be avoided where we can. I just used one
> above in explaining our situatation by saying "we" (Please read that
as some
> of us- if you need to). Does the behavior of how one handles feedback
depend
> on formal education/ society/ .../ region/ counrty?
> 2. What role "ego" plays in handling discussions/feedback?
> 3. What other factors influence how one handles feedback?
> 4. How best to educate ourselves and others on this?
>
> I appreciate your thoughts.
>
> Regards,
> Chandu
>
>
> On 12/20/05, Vikram Varun <impressxpress@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Why is it so hard for telugu people to get along..? why is it hard for
> > them to work together as a team..? are we lacking anything as a
society.
> >
> > luv
> >
>
> --
> Sambasiva Rao Chandu
> http://groups.google.com/group/AndhraOne
>