escalating commitment - tendency to continue with a previously chosen course of action, even when feedback suggests that it is failing.. .
keeps continuing because decision makers:.
rationalise negative feedback.
Escalating commitment - tendency to continue with a previously chosen course of action, even when feedback suggests that it is failing.
Keeps continuing because decision makers:
– Rationalise negative feedback
– ‘Perceptual blinders’
– Protect their egos - self justification
– Closing costs
– View the negative results as a ‘learning experience
– ‘Gambler’s fallacy’
rose petal (see I am studying instead of checking out JWD)
i'll start.
rubbing the stubble on the nape of your neck all day the day you get a haircut...
Chasing kangaroos in the local bush, and imagining that you could catch them.
Building cubbies (cubby houses) in the bush.
Playing outside all day, and not coming home til it was getting dark.
Going to the local swimming pool.
hi, i'm studying for my last exam!
i'm majoring in management and studying organisational behaviour this semester and this is what they have to say about groupthink -.
groupthink.
Hi, I'm studying for my last exam! I'm majoring in Management and studying Organisational Behaviour this semester and this is what they have to say about groupthink -
Groupthink
The tendency to conform because members are unwilling to criticise others’ ideas and suggestions
A potential barrier to effective decision-making and with symptoms such as:
• Illusions of group invulnerability
• Rationalising unpleasant data
• Belief in inherent group morality
• Negative stereotyping of outsiders
• Applying pressure to deviants
• Self-censorship by members
• Illusions of unanimity
• Mind guarding
Remind us of anybody we know?
rose petal
hi, i have done a search on previous posts, and couldn't find anything since 2002. is there any scriptural evidence for baptising children early?
how do the dub's justify this?.
my son takes his 7yo & 4yo to the meetings, against my daughter in law's wishes.
btt = Back to the top.
It stops your thread sliding into oblivion.
OK, what does this mean - talk about jargon!
hi, i have done a search on previous posts, and couldn't find anything since 2002. is there any scriptural evidence for baptising children early?
how do the dub's justify this?.
my son takes his 7yo & 4yo to the meetings, against my daughter in law's wishes.
What does btt mean?
this was said to me by a brother who went on to leave the truth and resume his alternative lifestyle.. so, how many of you here were just "in the truth?
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I used to cringe when I heard that phrase! It seemed even then so egocentric! Even when I was a good 'dub' I hated that saying.
rose petal
hi, i have done a search on previous posts, and couldn't find anything since 2002. is there any scriptural evidence for baptising children early?
how do the dub's justify this?.
my son takes his 7yo & 4yo to the meetings, against my daughter in law's wishes.
Hi, I have done a search on previous posts, and couldn't find anything since 2002. Is there any scriptural evidence for baptising children early? How do the dub's justify this?
My son takes his 7yo & 4yo to the meetings, against my daughter in law's wishes. She is afraid he will get them baptised. I said he won't be able to, not just yet. What about the questions? Are they dumbing them down?
They used to brag about waiting until the person was an adult, able to make their own decision. What the hell happened?
rose petal
my mom at 73 is full time pioneering and complaining that many days a week the young couples never show up.
she describes them as having new cars, big houses, and having to both work to maintain their lifestyles.. she mentioned the above statement from the latest co to the congregation.. oh really......!.
i said to her, well none of these people were allowed to get college educations and they are probably earning 10.00 an hour max which goes nowhere.
I know my ex & I were frowned upon because of my working, but he spent money faster than I could make it!
rose petal
if anyone can help me understand what goes on in the mind of elders?
is there a buddy mentality to protect each other and the flock and sacrifice those who make waves?
ive gathered coming here that may be true.. the reason im asking is because my mother has found herself in a very difficult situation and im really worried for her.
I also had an abusive husband. They can control it, otherwise they would rant and rave in front of everyone! I spoke to the elders, and usual story - wait on jehovah! They called him to a meeting, etc. They only disfellowshipped him for making threats to them! Nothing to do with the way he was treating me.
I eventually left him. I had to write a letter to the cong detailing why. He 'cleaned up' his act, then I was pressured into accepting him back. A month later is was just the same. I realised he was never going to change, why would he, he gets what he wants. Any proof is denied. Plus my ex wasn't an elder.
My advice - try the PO & elders outside the cong. Good luck. Try and show to your mother that if the big "J"s spirit was operating on him (like it is supposed to) he wouldn't be doing this! That's the thought that made me stop going!
rose petal
now that i can see right through the crap that is the jw religion, i sometimes ask myself - how come you blindly believed all that rubbish for 30 years??!!
i am so annoyed with myself for that - i have a degree, yet i was totally duped for such a large part of my life.
and now that i can see how so full of holes it all is, i kick myself for not seeing it before.
James, definately, when I started studying 30 years ago, I gave the guy who studied with my ex and I such a hard time! I took the mags and it said something about 144,000, and the next time the guy came I asked who are they. His wife said, oh, that's such a hard question to ask, and it will take ages to answer. So, of course, I wanted an answer bigtime!
I even said that it was logical, you know, Adam sinning, lost his life, Jesus another perfect life, gave his voluntarily. That was 30 years ago, though, no new light then!
rose petal
