Great health debate – lesson for us all
If you turned the TV or the radio at lunchtime today you had a choice of watching The Great Health Debate between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott or’¦ (I wonder at the logic of all media presenting the broadcast simultaneously!) Anyway:
When you blame others, you lose your audience
Each audience member has a dial that they use to indicate whether they agree or disagree with the speaker and the cumulative data gives us an indication of audience reaction to what is being said.
I frequently flicked between networks Nine and Seven to see if each network’s worm was doing the same thing and yes, the patterns were very similar.
For the most part the worm went up when anyone spoke positively about the future and it went down when anyone sought to blame or made an excuse.
The lesson for all of us
No one is prepared to accept ‘excuses’ and no one likes those who use ‘blame’ as a crutch.
Take ownership and be accountable in everything you do – and the worm till stay ‘above the line’ for you too.
Further information: Rudd and Abbott go head to head on health
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