{"id":584,"date":"2018-12-07T15:05:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/?p=584"},"modified":"2018-12-07T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:05:10","slug":"should-you-talk-about-religion-and-politics-in-a-business-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/should-you-talk-about-religion-and-politics-in-a-business-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Talk About Religion and Politics in a Business Setting?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are taught that you should not speak about religion and politics because it causes tension, disagreement, and bad feelings. What about in a business setting at work with your boss, employees, co-workers, and clients\/customers? The correct answer is . . . .<\/p>\n

Maybe. Here are some examples of when and when not to speak about these emotionally charged topics:<\/p>\n

When it\u2019s not ok<\/em>: First, take a look at yourself. If you are unable to speak about religion and politics without letting your emotions take control, without insults (I do not mean being politically correct), and being open to both learning from the other person and teaching the other person, then you need to first work on this before speaking about religion and politics. Similarly, are you able to speak to the other person and have a conversation, or do they just want to spew their beliefs without regard to having an actual discussion? Does the other person disagree with you regarding everything because they do not want to even hear facts or truths? If that is the case, then it is probably futile to speak with them about religion and politics and possibly any other topics as well.<\/p>\n

When it\u2019s ok<\/em>: It\u2019s okay when the exact opposite is true of when it\u2019s not ok. When you are able to speak to people with charity then you are ready. When you are ready to have a dialogue and are open to learning the other\u2019s position, even if you do not fully agree with them, then you are ready. \u00a0If you are passionate about your beliefs, then don\u2019t beat people up to get your point across, even when you are 100% correct. Don\u2019t be afraid to speak the truth, but also be sensitive to your timing. Lastly, you can communicate more by the way you live your life then with verbal communication.<\/p>\n

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We are taught that you should not speak about religion and politics because it causes tension, disagreement, and bad feelings. What about in a business setting at work with your boss, employees, co-workers, and clients\/customers? The correct answer is . . . . Maybe. Here are some examples of when and when not to speak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,17],"tags":[83,171,196],"class_list":{"0":"post-584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business","7":"category-career","8":"category-self-development","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-career","11":"tag-communication","12":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belbolcpa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}