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Originally Posted by Jovimimi
..if you say something that sounds personal ppl think you are putting yourself on a pedestral (you can check that with the contents of the music magazine for example they don't say it's good or bad don't judge just write technical facts about guitar or piano not what they think about them) and they also ask musicians to talk themselves about their music , even the music journalists don't post their opinions ...in the newspaper you find informations but very few opinions ) so I think being opinionated can be a handicap depends of your sensibility and your background ....
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If a writer writes about facts, not their opinion, doesn't mean they don't have one. It just means that the particular piece they are writing about does not call for one's opinion.
I do think that being opinionated can be 'bad' in certain circumstances. I know that in some jobs I had, it was not looked well upon for me to have an opinion, particularly if it was contrary to the VPs opinion. Did my career suffer because of it? Absolutely. However, that is a choice I made - I would not want a promotion soley because I kissed a lot of arses - I couldn't stand myself if I was like that.
Personally, I am very opinionated, but like Seb, I'd like to think that I can still be open minded about contrary opinions and might change mine if it makes sense to me. I also don't like to be surrounded by people without opinions. I much rather be with someone who has an opinion that differs from mine, as long as they have one.
Yes, passion very much comes to mind. I don't like emotionless/unpassionate people at all. At the same time, I don't like people who dismiss others opinions as garbage simply for the reason that it isn't their opinion.