Living in the Grey
All or Nothing is Not Always the Right Approach In college, I took a lot of speech classes. I am an introvert and a data geek so I thought it would be helpful for career purposes. Debate was probably one of the most useful classes, other than my accounting classes, that I took during my four years at IU. Every topic that we debated, we had to debate both sides. At first, I thought it was going to be so difficult to argue both sides of an issue. As it turned out, I discovered that it was not challenging at all to argue both sides (and that was even before the internet). Virtually every topic had pros and cons, so debating each side was not that difficult. That class taught me such a valuable life lesson. It taught me that nearly every topic and argument that exists has two sides. It taught me that because of that, striking common ground is invaluable. It of course required that we debate or argue based on facts, not based on opinions. This of course was also a val...
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