Comments on: Careful what you say! http://www.ldscio.org/2008/04/24/careful-what-you-say/ Chief Information Officer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Treds http://www.ldscio.org/2008/04/24/careful-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-1893 Treds Thu, 22 May 2008 04:49:04 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=97#comment-1893 This is especially true the wider your field of influence becomes - words have huge potential to be misunderstood, misrepresented and/or misused if not chosen carefully. If I (a mere plebe) makes a statement few people may take much notice - if on the other hand the President of the Church says something it has a much wider field of influence thus their words are most often very carefully weighed and considered before they make a statement. "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but do you realize that what you thought you heard is not what I meant to say". This is especially true the wider your field of influence becomes – words have huge potential to be misunderstood, misrepresented and/or misused if not chosen carefully. If I (a mere plebe) makes a statement few people may take much notice – if on the other hand the President of the Church says something it has a much wider field of influence thus their words are most often very carefully weighed and considered before they make a statement. “I know you think you understand what you thought I said but do you realize that what you thought you heard is not what I meant to say”.

]]> By: Dave Kellogg http://www.ldscio.org/2008/04/24/careful-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-1878 Dave Kellogg Mon, 05 May 2008 23:51:05 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=97#comment-1878 Three thoughts: (1) this is a good argument for clear meeting notes in the every day organizational environment, (2) it's another example of why context is king, and (3) sometimes such quotes are actually urban legend, i.e., they were never said -- e.g., snopes.com says the famous "Al Gore invented the Internet claim" is false. Then again, how do we know that snopes is right!? Three thoughts: (1) this is a good argument for clear meeting notes in the every day organizational environment, (2) it’s another example of why context is king, and (3) sometimes such quotes are actually urban legend, i.e., they were never said — e.g., snopes.com says the famous “Al Gore invented the Internet claim” is false. Then again, how do we know that snopes is right!?

]]> By: KJ http://www.ldscio.org/2008/04/24/careful-what-you-say/comment-page-1/#comment-1872 KJ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:12:15 +0000 http://www.ldscio.org/?p=97#comment-1872 It is so true. I too keep telling those around me that what matters is what others think we said and mean and not so much what we know we said and meant. It is so true.

I too keep telling those around me that what matters is what others think we said and mean and not so much what we know we said and meant.

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