Need unbiased opinion

sherpa
Wed, 08 Aug 2018 20:48:10 +0000

IOW, asking people directly about how they feel about uncomfortable or awkward issues is unlikely to generate an honest response and more likely to increase the awkwardness.

As I’ve mentioned a few times on this forum, people can avoid a lot of problems if they focus on communicating using the “4 F’s”, that is, strive to be firm, fair, frank, and friendly. If the counter-party can’t reciprocate, that’s their problem. In my view, it’s better to give communication a chance than to assume, speculate, and wonder what if?