Suppressing Ownership

"Claiming ownership of our ideas is pleasant when the group approves of them. But what if the group rejects the idea, or we fear that it will? Then we may not be quite so enthusiastic about proposing it in the first place. Sometimes we feel the sting of rejection when those around us actually like our idea -- just not as much as we do" (67).

Sound familiar, anyone? Too often, we tend to back down from "owning" an idea. Sometimes that's good, and sometimes it's bad. In schools, it's very useful to work toward group ownership of an idea if you'd like to move something forward.

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