You’re doing very well man and your humility and courage to share your struggle and do things that are frustrating at the same time is what I respect! Keep going and I will try with you!
creating a youtube channel to document your PA journey is genius! yes you definitely seem like a genuine person, even if you are not an excellent communicator now, I am excited to see you improve as you go through PA courses. I'm glad I subscribed and followed you almost from the start.
I didn't see any courses that seemed to be directly about communication per se. However, (1) Peterson is quite a good communicator, (2) Peterson is well aware that writing effectively is important and has taught students to write better in his classes before, and (3) the courses about stories and symbolism particularly seem like they might help with communication indirectly. We think to a very large extent in stories and symbolism, in my opinion. I have heard it said that writing is thinking, and I think that's correct. So if stories and symbolism are how we think to a large extent, and writing is thinking, then understanding more about how we think will, indirectly, help us write (and speak) more effectively. I think it would be worthwhile for you (and anyone else paying for Peterson Academy early on) to mention what you are looking and hoping for. They're likely to be interested in that sort of feedback, and communication skills seems like something worth having and something they'd likely be interested in providing as well. One thing you can do in general to improve your communication skills is to look at someone who has good communication skills, and figure out what they're doing. Peterson is quite a good communicator, but the person I'm thinking of here is C. S. Lewis, and a story he told to illustrate a point. He wanted to get across that if Christians say that something is bad, but have a technically incorrect understanding of why it is bad, they can still be right about it being bad, even if they have some kind of lack of knowledge about some part of what they're saying. He could have just said that, but the point might not have gotten across. So he told a story about a little girl who had a technically incorrect understanding of poison. The little girl thought that poison was something that, if you cut it open, it has little "horrid red things" inside. There are no horrid red things in bleach, for example. So she is wrong, in a sense. But if she tells you "don't drink that, mommy says it's poison", you should not drink it anyway, thinking "this little girl is totally wrong about poison, horrid red things, ha!"
@@ancalagonyt the storytelling course may have some stuff in there. But i was more broadly referring to education in general lending itself to good communication. I've always considered myself to be fairly smart, but I have not built general knowledge ourside a narrow realm of interest since doing school a long time ago. Thats what I'm looking forward to most about the program. Thanks for that well thought-out response!
As far as communication goes, hopefully in the near future they’ll have one on how to debate. Since it could help immensely when it comes to discussion of ideas and getting your points of view across
Sure, if this is what you want to. I, personally, have a different opinion. People hide behind words and I do not trust someone whose speech is constructed and rehearsed. The place for that type of communication is in books only. People talk too much and do too little. To me, a silent person is a screaming person. Nonverbal communication is the best. I am rather quiet and I cannot string two cogent sentences together when I talk, but I’m ok with that and I have no intention to change it. Ever. Less is more.
You’re doing very well man and your humility and courage to share your struggle and do things that are frustrating at the same time is what I respect! Keep going and I will try with you!
creating a youtube channel to document your PA journey is genius! yes you definitely seem like a genuine person, even if you are not an excellent communicator now, I am excited to see you improve as you go through PA courses. I'm glad I subscribed and followed you almost from the start.
Keep pushing man! Your doing great, I am pre enrolled in the Academy as well and I am striving for similar goals! Hope to keep seeing ya!
I didn't see any courses that seemed to be directly about communication per se. However, (1) Peterson is quite a good communicator, (2) Peterson is well aware that writing effectively is important and has taught students to write better in his classes before, and (3) the courses about stories and symbolism particularly seem like they might help with communication indirectly.
We think to a very large extent in stories and symbolism, in my opinion. I have heard it said that writing is thinking, and I think that's correct. So if stories and symbolism are how we think to a large extent, and writing is thinking, then understanding more about how we think will, indirectly, help us write (and speak) more effectively.
I think it would be worthwhile for you (and anyone else paying for Peterson Academy early on) to mention what you are looking and hoping for. They're likely to be interested in that sort of feedback, and communication skills seems like something worth having and something they'd likely be interested in providing as well.
One thing you can do in general to improve your communication skills is to look at someone who has good communication skills, and figure out what they're doing. Peterson is quite a good communicator, but the person I'm thinking of here is C. S. Lewis, and a story he told to illustrate a point. He wanted to get across that if Christians say that something is bad, but have a technically incorrect understanding of why it is bad, they can still be right about it being bad, even if they have some kind of lack of knowledge about some part of what they're saying.
He could have just said that, but the point might not have gotten across. So he told a story about a little girl who had a technically incorrect understanding of poison. The little girl thought that poison was something that, if you cut it open, it has little "horrid red things" inside. There are no horrid red things in bleach, for example. So she is wrong, in a sense. But if she tells you "don't drink that, mommy says it's poison", you should not drink it anyway, thinking "this little girl is totally wrong about poison, horrid red things, ha!"
@@ancalagonyt the storytelling course may have some stuff in there. But i was more broadly referring to education in general lending itself to good communication. I've always considered myself to be fairly smart, but I have not built general knowledge ourside a narrow realm of interest since doing school a long time ago. Thats what I'm looking forward to most about the program. Thanks for that well thought-out response!
Is this ChatGPT perfectly imitating Peterson? I can hear him whilst I read your comment 😃
Have you read Atomic Habits yet king? The 2nd chapter actually helps a *lot* with this.
As far as communication goes, hopefully in the near future they’ll have one on how to debate. Since it could help immensely when it comes to discussion of ideas and getting your points of view across
Sure, if this is what you want to.
I, personally, have a different opinion. People hide behind words and I do not trust someone whose speech is constructed and rehearsed. The place for that type of communication is in books only. People talk too much and do too little.
To me, a silent person is a screaming person. Nonverbal communication is the best. I am rather quiet and I cannot string two cogent sentences together when I talk, but I’m ok with that and I have no intention to change it. Ever. Less is more.