Lesson 18: Win-Win Thinking

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Extentions

Read the following situations and decide who wins and who loses.
1. Kevin and Terry are suspended for fighting in class.

Kevin: lose Terry: lose

2. Patti wants to take the car to pick up her friends for a game. Patti's mom needs the car to pick up groceries and the repaired TV set. Patti ends up taking the car.

Patti: win Patti's mom: lose

3. Brad wants to go watch a movie with Jill. Jill wants to hang out with Brad but wants to go for dinner. They decide to rent a movie and get take-out.

Brad: win Jill: win
4. Sylvesta, a junior, just won the Basketball MVP award for the year. Mikey, a senior, is ripped because he thought he was a shoo-in for the award. The next day Mikey starts a false rumor about Sylvesta's training methods.
Mikey: lose Sylvesta: lose

5. Jeremy sees Sonny is close to putting the final touches on his rebuilt carburetor in shop class. A minute later, Jeremy finds himself "accidentally pushed" into Sonny's work station. After apologizing and helping Sonny pick up the pieces, Jeremy goes back to his near-finished project.

Jeremy: win Sonny: lose

Family Reflections
Choose one relationship in your immediate (sister, mother, etc..) or extended (uncle, cousin, etc..) family and identify the attitude of interaction under which you operate.
I'll choose my mother. We argue with each other a lot, but she usually is the one who gets me to do stuff because I feel guilty when I win the arguement. So basically, when we fight, I win with the words, but end up doing what she wants me to do. Then again, she does a lot of stuff, like cooking, dish-washing, and cleaning. all the stuff that i dont like to do. well, actually, my dad does half of it, but i almost never do chores. im spoiled yay!!!

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