We know that there are many obstacles to true understanding when two or more people are trying to communicate with each other.
They may have a difficult shared history that colors their perceptions of what the other person is saying. They may be distracted, have a different frame of reference, get defensive, or make assumptions- to name only a few reasons for a potential bottleneck.
Just as there can be a difference between what a speaker says and what the listener hears, there can also be a difference between how two people react to the same fact situation.
My reality may be very different from your reality, because we each select the facts that are most meaningful or useful to us.
This has been proven time and time again when witnesses to the same event recall very different scenarios based on their unique perspectives.
The parable of the blind men and the elephant reinforces the idea that we perceive reality through a unique lens. The blind men described the elephant based on the part of the animal that they touched.
Keep in mind that there are extenuating circumstances that might explain and excuse the differences in their realities.
The witnesses are being asked to remember a scene that may have only been a brief or peripheral part of their day long ago. If they had known at the time that they would be asked to provide details about the scene, they would probably have paid more attention.
If the blind men were told that there was more to an elephant than their initial conceptions and encouraged to walk around the elephant, they would probably have ended up with a somewhat similar reality.
What if there are no extenuating circumstances? What if there are two people, who are at the same place at the same time and are giving the same amount of concentrated attention to the same scene? Will their realities be different?
Monet and Renoir sat side by side at a boating and bathing resort and painted the exact same scene. Both paintings are titled La Grenouillere, which was the name of the resort.
However, the paintings are very different because the painters selected the reality that interested them.
Monet focused on the water and the boats.
Renoir was much more interested in the people, so that was his focus.
Both painters selected the reality that appealed to them, which was possibly the only reality they saw. They then interpreted that reality in their own style of painting.
In this, as in many cases, thank goodness there are a variety of realities.
Deborah Spring Laurel is the President of Laurel and Associates, Ltd., a certified woman-owned small business that builds and strengthens managerial, employee development and technical skills through the design and delivery of participatory classroom training on a national and international basis. If you would like your participants to leave training with practical skills that they can use immediately, or you would like your trainers to facilitate quality programs that effectively achieve their learning goals, contact Deborah at http://www.laurelandassociates.com or contact Deborah directly at (608) 255-2010 or dlaurel@laurelandassociates.com. To see over 625 training tips, go to her blog at http://laurelandassociates.com/blog.
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