Tony's Treehouse Blog

The concept of concepts

I have come to realize and accept, that I am an abstract thinker. My thoughts are nonlinear and this process is evident in my communication and problem solving. Good and bad I guess, if you're not used to it. Recently I figured out why me and a co-worker were having issues. He required all of the steps leading to a conclusion to be explained from what I wanted of him; the why, the who, the rationale, et al. And until all of this was broken down sufficiently, we had conflict and frustrations. Whereas, in my head I go from the problem to the answer. Much like algebra, and even then I used to get in trouble for "not showing work". However, in our planning and many discussions I had thought I HAD made my vision and intentions clear.

It is ongoing frustration of mine to have to delineate every single step, example and piece of something to someone. I fall prey to the trap of how things "seem obvious" or they "should be" percieved a certain way. When in actuality there could be other interpretations. Other points of view to consider.

It's still damned frustrating.

Rather than arguing how things are dissimilar, why can't people try to see how they ARE indeed actually similar??