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Hi John Grogan, >> the things I mention to him, that I have picked up from this list, he >> listens to avidly... How many others have been driven away because they >> don't want the aggravation? > >Steve, >Sounds just like cutting off your nose to spite your face. I think your >friend is the close-minded victim. I would agree entirely, which is why I keep "chipping away" at him (and will continue to do so). The reason I mentioned it was because it amply illustrated something that had been mentioned to me just a few weeks ago. Namely that it tends to be forgotten that there's a full a range of personality types and that one of these is a group of people who are happy to go out and "do", will listen to advice, discuss, etc., but when it comes to conflict they actively move away from it. They lose out when it comes to new ideas (as might be available from this list) simply because they choose to avoid conflict... doesn't mean they don't want to learn, just that they don't like their teeth pulled out of their backsides if the make a mistake... Once this personality type had been pointed out to me I immediately recognised the same in half a dozen others... good, active *keen* divers, just non-aggressive that's all. That is the pity of it all... at some time or other, to further involve more and more people (in discussion if nothing else), a different approach is going to be needed because at the moment a lot of folk are lost to these new ideas. Rgds, -- Steve... -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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