Real meeting defined in the book is, genuine communication that can take place between people that transcends differences in role or perspective and that recognizes all parties' common humanity. I see real meeting as a conversation held between two or more people that discuss important situations that are occuring at the time. Being able to discuss situations in person is very successful because it not only solves any problems, it prevents any miscommunication mishaps in the future. For example, even though I am already 21 years old, my parents and I always have a weekly meeting with each other in order to discuss anything that is happening in our lives. We talk about other family members, current problems that are happening in the work place, financial issues, and anything else that may be on our minds. It helps because we're always on track and know that if anything was to go wrong, we could talk to one another and everything will be okay. Being able to relate to another person is also very helpful because it's very hard to have a genuine conversation with someone you do not know or aren't comfortable with because true/real feelings will not come out because of how the other party or parties may feel.
I love talking about communications! =)
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I think having family meetings is a great idea.
Having a set time to sit down and talk about things is a great way of getting your feelings out and to gain new perspectives about a certain situation.
I have found weekly work meetings to be very helpful in getting everyone on the same page, bringing up any problems that may occur, and discussing ways to solve them.
However, I never thought about having weekly meetings with friends or family to discuss personal things. I may have to start doing this! :)
I have to agree with the family meetings being a good thing. My family used to do a family meeting every Sunday, whether it was at the dinner table, or was done in the living room. We would discuss the current events, problems occurring in the house ie. lack of doing chores, someone in trouble etc. Although, my family started drifting apart and family meetings stopped. Heck, there is no more family meals, and like ripping teeth to sit at a dinner table for the holidays, however, it can be noticed, now there is no communication amongst most of my family members where as before we would chat and know what was going on in the other's life.
So yes, from personal experience, I agree with the having real meetings, if only its to say hey how are you doing, what's going on in your life. We are all too busy this day in age to have the chance to discuss our lives with people, so we leave people in the dark, which isn't healthy for anyone.
Hi Sarah, I was reading everyone's blogs and most everyone has written their blogs on similar concepts. However, you chose real meeting from Chapter 2, so it is a little refreshing for me to contemplate on this concept instead. With technological advancements, we are able to hold meetings of two or more persons through audio and video technologies. For example, people are able to have meetings on phones or conference calls. Then there are visual capabilities that can send live videos from across the countries or out of the countries. The convenience that technology provides us takes away the personal feeling of a face to face meeting. It takes away the real interaction of a human to human at a personal level.
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