How can i get people to listen?
my biggest mistake is not letting whats on my mind be known to other people. i have so many intelligent thoughts that i would love to tell people, like theories about living organisms, theories about how people percieve truth and many other things. i also have a few ideas on books and movie plots. i wish that i can tell the world my thoughts and maybe have a chance to manifest these thoughts on paper and have people actually read them. the thing is, im only 18, and so many people wont listen to things a youth will think of. also, many of my ideas disagree with modern western culture and are against most of the beliefs of my religion, which scares me because im afraid that everyone in western culture and my religion will shun my ideas. how do i express my ideas and/or thoughts?
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Can you start a blog?
Your book and movie plot ideas probably should be guarded a little more though (than just posting on the internet). Maybe try joining a writing group.
Ditto on the blog recommendation.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
I don’t have a solution for you… I really relate to the problem!
One thing that’s been liberating for me has been studying about the Enneagram. It’s a way of understanding who we are, and how others are very different from ourselves. The reason I mention all that is that you and I may be the same type (#5), and the challenge of our type is to bring out our ideas and feelings and contribute them to people. Not just hold them all to myself. (Fluther has been great for that for me – just practicing speaking up all the time.)
If you want to read more about the Enneagram or type 5, there are some websites for you.
Hope that helps – remember that you’re not alone! There are a lot of people who feel the same way.
The blog recommendation is a great idea.
Find a forum (political interest groups – or even start your own) that is ready to hear about such ideas and make sure you listen to others too. Nobody wants to listen to someone who doesn’t listen back.
be sure to do a little bit of reserch before you make an idea public. Because if you have an idea that someone else has had and they told the world people will not take you as serously. But if your idea is actually new people might show you more respect.
You got all of us to listen. How’d you do that?
Maybe you’re in the wrong environment. I definitely agree with the idea of a blog, or maybe find a nice coffee shop somewhere where you can just sit and talk. I’ve also heard it said somewhere that if you speak quietly, then people really have to listen to you to get what you’re saying. It’s an interesting idea.
About “speaking quietly”.... There is a guy I work with who is a “low talker”. You really have to listen carefully to hear what he says. That being the case, most of the time I just ignore him. :D
Join a conversation club or salon. Stay in school. Check out a Unitarian church; they’re usually pretty accepting of non-mainstream thinking.
And remember to be a good listener.
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