The other day I listened to Judith E Glaser being interviewed on Youtube about her work with Conversational Intelligence. There was something in what she said that did hit me. I cannot copy or transfer what she said. I merely act on the ideas and impressions raised in me. I compared my use of self-reflection with a conversation type one. Self-reflecting being a style of communicating that runs only within the mindset or brain structures of one brain, yours. I experience my self-reflection as a cage I want to dissolve or reduce. That is my desire. What action should I take to make it happen?
I read what Glaser says as to add a new piece of brain structure to the one that already exists. She says science supports the statement that our neurones may evolve and change the structure as long as we live. They are not fixed due to inherited DNA, birth, upbringing nor education. They tend the be the same if we run around within our old mindset and relations, i.e. self-reflecting.
So a critical thing is how do I do that? I think that close mental relating to other individuals is a critical issue. When we do so, we will assist in the growth of our brain and extend how we think. Close interaction with the thinking of another individual will help us to enlarge the structures of the neurones we have. The result is an ability to think in new patterns. The result will be a permanent change to the structure of our mind.
Usually, we learn that fact, arguments, data are all there is. Judith Glaser’s ideas emphasise that interaction with people thinking different from ourselves is important.
Are there anyone out there interested in improving their “Conversational Intelligence”. Would you like to join such a process? There is no preassigned path to success. It all depends on how we walk together and talk with each other.
In thinking over impressions given by Judith E. Glaser
Göran Stille
Göran Stille 