In order to want to be respected you must respect others in a way you’ve never imagined. Sirolli learns through his experiences that we need to ask people if they need or want any kind of help, instead of just assuming they do and pushing the help on them. In my opinion, I agree that for some reason we tend to speculate things are done the same way we do them without even coming to a conclusion that these people aren’t from the same country. In Sirolli’s speech “Ted Talk”, he notes that respect is a huge priority, secondly that we just take control everywhere we go and last that we do not seem to understand that others have ideas, but may need a little help to bring them out. All in all, the examples that I provided imply that assumptions we make are not respectful towards others.
Being respectful should be everyone’s first thought when with someone. For instance, in the speech Sirolli gave, he talked about a book, “Small is Beautiful” by Schumacher, which he read and then explained how it made complete sense. In this book it said, “Above all in economic development, if people do not wish to be helped, leave them alone. This should be the first principle or aid. The first principle or aid is respect.” This can simply mean that if someone knows what he or she is doing and doesn’t need any kind of assistance, there is no reason for you to push anyone into letting you help them when they have the capability to do it alone. In this case, it proves my point where we just assume things before showing our respect by politely backing away and letting them handle the situation on their own. Some people have a reaction to just take control of any situation without being courteous to others. As an illustration, Sirolli stated, “Why don’t we, for once, instead of arriving in the community to tell people what to do, why don’t for once, listen to them?” He said this after his journey to southern Zambia, because when they arrived they didn’t ask any questions and just took control by building agriculture. This ended up being a bit of a disaster, since the Zambians never have agriculture due to the hippos always eating them. Going back to his statement, the interpretation is that we need to ask everyone what it is they do differently to get a better idea of what can be done. This proves my point, because since we think we are …show more content…
In particular, Sirolli explains, “You can give somebody an idea. If that person doesn’t want to do it, what are you going to do? The passion that the person has for her own growth is the most important thing. Then we help them to go and find the knowledge, because nobody in the world can succeed alone.” Just by saying this, Sirolli’s is trying to point out that someone will have the initiative to try and get his or her passion done with help or not, although it is respectful to at least give a hand and explain the knowledge you have just to help them get it done in a better way. This contributes to my opinion also, because we can’t just push new ideas on people if they do not want it just because we see them struggling, we need to find a better solution and approach these certain things in a different way than we would usually handle
Being respectful should be everyone’s first thought when with someone. For instance, in the speech Sirolli gave, he talked about a book, “Small is Beautiful” by Schumacher, which he read and then explained how it made complete sense. In this book it said, “Above all in economic development, if people do not wish to be helped, leave them alone. This should be the first principle or aid. The first principle or aid is respect.” This can simply mean that if someone knows what he or she is doing and doesn’t need any kind of assistance, there is no reason for you to push anyone into letting you help them when they have the capability to do it alone. In this case, it proves my point where we just assume things before showing our respect by politely backing away and letting them handle the situation on their own. Some people have a reaction to just take control of any situation without being courteous to others. As an illustration, Sirolli stated, “Why don’t we, for once, instead of arriving in the community to tell people what to do, why don’t for once, listen to them?” He said this after his journey to southern Zambia, because when they arrived they didn’t ask any questions and just took control by building agriculture. This ended up being a bit of a disaster, since the Zambians never have agriculture due to the hippos always eating them. Going back to his statement, the interpretation is that we need to ask everyone what it is they do differently to get a better idea of what can be done. This proves my point, because since we think we are …show more content…
In particular, Sirolli explains, “You can give somebody an idea. If that person doesn’t want to do it, what are you going to do? The passion that the person has for her own growth is the most important thing. Then we help them to go and find the knowledge, because nobody in the world can succeed alone.” Just by saying this, Sirolli’s is trying to point out that someone will have the initiative to try and get his or her passion done with help or not, although it is respectful to at least give a hand and explain the knowledge you have just to help them get it done in a better way. This contributes to my opinion also, because we can’t just push new ideas on people if they do not want it just because we see them struggling, we need to find a better solution and approach these certain things in a different way than we would usually handle