"How?" - my reaction
While reading a story on home prices I noticed an interesting twist. The title of the USA Today story was "Home prices gain in most major cities".
In it there was a table of the top 20 cities and percentage change vs. a year ago. Some cities had positive rates and some were negative. The bottom of the table was a 20 city composite -2.6%.
When I read this I wondered if the author of the piece has any idea what they are stating in the title. How could you title a story that there is a gain when the composite is a loss.
I know that as people we often have reactions to new people. Using our insights we sometimes miss label people as being one way and over time we might correct ourselves. Recently I worked with a gentlemen who rubbed me the wrong way the first time we met. Man was I wrong. He was just being sarcastic but I took him as being serious. I now enjoy his sense of humor and the quality of his work. I was wrong.
Today's question is:
"Have you completely labeled something as being one thing when it is completely another?
While reading a story on home prices I noticed an interesting twist. The title of the USA Today story was "Home prices gain in most major cities".
In it there was a table of the top 20 cities and percentage change vs. a year ago. Some cities had positive rates and some were negative. The bottom of the table was a 20 city composite -2.6%.
When I read this I wondered if the author of the piece has any idea what they are stating in the title. How could you title a story that there is a gain when the composite is a loss.
I know that as people we often have reactions to new people. Using our insights we sometimes miss label people as being one way and over time we might correct ourselves. Recently I worked with a gentlemen who rubbed me the wrong way the first time we met. Man was I wrong. He was just being sarcastic but I took him as being serious. I now enjoy his sense of humor and the quality of his work. I was wrong.
Today's question is:
"Have you completely labeled something as being one thing when it is completely another?
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