Ref said:
As we could question that about ourselves as clients.
I think that the topic of this thead is insulting in many ways. We all come from different backgrounds and have faced different challenges.
Judging people from posts on an internet board or perceptions of this industry is absurd - We do not fully know or understand those who are being judged
Ref,
You make some very valid points, yet I both agree and disagree with what you have stated.
It is true that both SP's and clients come from all walks of life, and have different life experiences. I also think that there are many different intelligences that are not necessarily measured on the standard IQ test. Some people are gifted in spatial relations, some in math, and some have a fantastic EQ (emotional quotient), where they are able to make every person they meet feel special. I once worked with a man that had this phenomenal quality. In my 10+ years of working with him there was not one single person who had a bad thing to say about him. He was in the quality department and saved our company tens of millions of dollars by going to see clients who we sold defective product to. Somehow, he just made every cost recovery that the clients wanted magically disappear. In his own way the man was an absolute genius.
We do however judge whether we like to admit it or not. Every action we make, every word we say, and every post we make is judged by every person we come into contact with either directly or indirectly. We judge others in the same manner as well though, it is in our subconscious, and most of the time we are not even aware that we are doing it. On some level you (and I) have opinions about every person we have ever come into contact with. Some people we like, some we do not. Some we find intelligent, some we do not. I would dare to say that judgments are part of our human nature, part of our built in survival system.
Take this for example... You are walking down the street and you come across a man with a knife in his hand and blood on his clothes. Though you have never met him before, let alone ever spoke to him, a value judgment is made that tells you this is a person that it would be wise not to approach. Of course our judgment of this man might be incorrect. Perhaps he is a butcher, perhaps he just saved someones life, or perhaps he cut his hand catching a knife that had fallen from the counter and was on the street looking for help. This is exactly what we do every second of the day, just not on such a dramatic scale.
I am being judged on this very post to some degree by everyone who reads it, and an opinion will be formed about MY intelligence (or lack thereof) on this subject. Judge and be judged. That is the way of life like it or not.
Of course there is the fact that different people like different intelligences. I may find someone extremely smart that you do not think so. Again, differing judgments. I don't think this thread is offensive, but I certainly don't think it is all inclusive either.
Again, just my opinion.