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Table Topics Updated daily!
December 26, 2007
Mind-stretching brain games and
conversation starters.
It's the perfect opportunity for sharing stories, building knowledge,
strengthening character, and having fun!
Share A Story - People Were Disappointed
Building character is not easy. Sometimes we must look at our past actions
with brutal honesty if we are to grow from our mistakes.
Ask the people at your table to think of a time when their own actions
resulted in people, including themselves, being disappointed. Share your stories
and discuss the lessons learned.
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Blame Game - Who Are Your Scapegoats
I had forgotten to pick up the orange juice my son always likes to drink for
breakfast. When I got home and realized that I needed to apologize to him for
forgetting, I decided that just saying, "I forgot", didn't seem good enough. I
needed someone else to blame.
So I said, "I'm sorry I forgot your orange juice. There were so many shoppers
gathered around the cold cases that I went another direction. If I had passed
the refrigerated items, I would have seen the o.j. and remembered you were out."
Notice in the above example, how finding someone else to blame seemed to make
it easier for me to say I goofed. It is like saying I made a boo-boo, but it
wasn't really my fault. Can you think of times when you might have used a
scapegoat to make yourself appear less blameworthy?
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