Activity 7.2 - Choices

Think about the following questions/statements and record your thoughts and ideas in your blog.

In any situation or human interaction we always have a choice:

to send or not to send a blue or orange card
to accept or not to accept a blue or orange card

Can you think of examples when you have deliberately chosen to send a blue or orange card?
Can you think of examples when you have deliberately chosen not to send them?
How well do you accept ‘blue cards’? Are there times when you have deliberately chosen not to accept them?
Are there times when you accept ‘orange cards’? Are there times when you choose not to accept them?

Read and think about the statement below.

We always have a choice!

Making the most caring and appropriate choice is critical for determining success or failure in our personal and professional functioning. It may be helpful to remember that more often than not the way a person reacts or responds to you actually says more about that person then it does about you. Telling yourself “she’s having a bad day” can be one way of avoiding accepting a disinviting comment or behaviour as an orange card.