{"id":128,"date":"2013-04-27T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/the-book-of-questions-question-60.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:22","slug":"the-book-of-questions-question-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/the-book-of-questions-question-60\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book of Questions: Question 60"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-align: left;\">For those of you not familiar with my&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"text-align: left;\">The Book of Questions<\/i><span style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;feature, I select a question from&nbsp;<\/span><i style=\"text-align: left;\">The Book of Questions&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"text-align: left;\">by Gregory Stock, Ph.D., write my response, and ask for your response.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Aaz5fsvfDGA\/UXsbstxWMGI\/AAAAAAAADqo\/yl_hgVVPXuA\/s1600\/question%2Bperson%2B%288%29.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nialangley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/question-person-8.jpg?resize=256%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: left;\">QUESTION 66:<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<b>Do you feel that advice from older people carries a special weight because of their greater experience?<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nMY RESPONSE:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<i>In many cases, yes. You should take time to listen to those who&#8217;ve already won the game you&#8217;re playing.<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nFOLLOW-UP QUESTION:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<b>Do your comments and suggestions influence other people much? How could you present your ideas so that they would have more impact?<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nMY RESPONSE:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<i>I&#8217;m not sure of the weight of my influence, but I&#8217;ve realized that I have a lot more than I thought I did. I&#8217;m not sure how to change the presentation of my ideas. 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