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Originally Posted by DeanCapture
The interesting thing that I've learned over the last few years is that relationships - especially business relationships are very complicated. You may think your getting pushed and feel a need to "push back"....only to realize that in the other persons mind...they were not pushing you at all. Some peoples personalities are such that you always think your getting pushed when in fact - you might not be.
Communicating thru email makes the problem even worse because you don't have the luxury of actually hearing the words or the tone of the voice so you sometimes take things the wrong way. Has this even happened to any of you? Email is a great tool for basic communication but when talking about serious business - a phone call should always be in order. Otherwise you run the risk of offending someone with your email because they may read it wrong....or you may read theirs wrong! Thoughts???
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YES! Facial features, gestures, tone - it's all missing from this medium! Particularly IM.
In response to what you said I agree 100% about mispercieving being pushed, as such I try really really hard to not be impulsive with it, and take much more care when online.
I think it just boils down to one of those things that as one gets older their judgment improves.
All you can really do in the meantime is be yourself
