{"id":3588,"date":"2011-08-11T23:59:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T06:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3588"},"modified":"2011-08-12T00:00:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T07:00:56","slug":"the-roles-that-we-naturally-embody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3588","title":{"rendered":"The roles that we naturally embody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In conversations with groups, there are often the following:<\/p>\n<p><b>The entertainer<\/b><br \/>\nShe or he&#8230;is the one who has the most interesting stories.  A storyteller or even a clown, naturally.  The entertainer unleashes a lot of energy, making the group more fun and more engaging.  Sometimes the entertainer is the most dominant, taking the spotlight.  But in most conversations, it&#8217;s the entertainer that keeps a conversation in a group going.<\/p>\n<p><b>The conversationalist<\/b><br \/>\nThis is the person who can quickly detect when the conversation is going sour and get it back on track.  If someone is not heard, everyone gets a fair chance.  It&#8217;s generous and selfless.<\/p>\n<p><b>Observer<\/b><br \/>\nSitting back passively is more natural for the observer.  But the precious moment is thinking about a general thoughtful question that gets the group thinking differently.  <i>Now what if the sky was actually green rather than blue?<\/i>  It may come off dreamlike, but there&#8217;s no purpose beyond just encouraging more insightful conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In conversations with groups, there are often the following: The entertainer She or he&#8230;is the one who has the most interesting stories. A storyteller or even a clown, naturally. The entertainer unleashes a lot of energy, making the group more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3588\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3588"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3590,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3588\/revisions\/3590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}