Scapegoating - 4 views
"Blaming or scapegoating someone always implies the claim that we would have done better in their shoes. It's a way of protesting our innocence and brightening our self-esteem." (David Cayley)
When Our Hearts Are Right - 7 views
"We jump forward willingly, even when what is required seems difficult physically or mentally or even financially. Such willingness expresses our innately considerate and generous nature. When ou...
Is This A Burden? - 6 views
I like the example they use in Leadership & Self Deception to help us with this issue. They are talking about driving a car and seeing the other drivers as people - does that create an overwhelmin...
Staying with the Burden Question - 5 views
They seem freeing to me. Free to not necessarily do everything I feel would be ideal.
Things - 1 views
"People are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they take of them." (Epicetus)
The Burden of Others - 2 views
Seeing others as people does not necessarily put a claim on my life that I must do everything I feel I should do for others. As Leadership & Self Deception puts it, "We simply do the best we can u...
Your Shortcomings - 4 views
Fantastic! Yes! I see that.
Leadership Out-of-the-box - 3 views
"Being out of the box actually allows a person to be able to assign or assess responsibility with clarity, and the reason for that is because his vision is not clouded by the box." (Leadership & S...
Leadership Out-of-the-box - 3 views
Excellent point!
started by Joe Bennett on 20 Jun 13
1 follow-up, last by Brian Suszek on 20 Jun 13
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Leadership Out-of-the-Box - 3 views
"So your success as a leader depends on being free of self-betrayal. Only then do you invite others to be free of self-betrayal. Only then are you creating leaders yourself - coworkers whom peopl...
Living The Material - 5 views
Living for the good of everyone! Absolutely!
started by Joe Bennett on 24 Jun 13
1 follow-up, last by Brian Suszek on 25 Jun 13
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Humility - 4 views
"I believe that the first test of a great person is humility. I don't mean by humility, doubt of one's own power. But really great people have a curious feeling that the greatness is not of them,...
8 Things You Can Do To Live The Material - 3 views
1. Don't try to be perfect. Do try to be better. 2. Don't use the vocabulary - "the box', and so on - with people who don't already know it. Do use the principles in your own life. 3. Don't look ...
Join Them - 5 views
A paraphrase from Leadership & Self Deception - "A family, a company - both are organizations of people. That's what we know and live by at Tweddle. Just remember, we won't know who we work and l...
Compassion - 0 views
"Make no judgments where you have no compassion." (Anne McCaffrey)
In The Box? - 1 views
Here's a question for the group: What are the red flags of your awareness that you're "In-the-box"? Here are some of mine: 1. I feel victimized 2. I procrastinate 3. reclusive, avoid interaction ...
Culture of Change - 2 views
"A culture of change can never be created by behavioral strategy alone. Peace - whether at home, work, or between peoples - is invited only when an intelligent outward strategy is married to a pea...
The Influence Pyramid - 3 views
Continuing yesterday's post on Culture of Change: "The virtue of the pyramid is that it reminds us of the essential foundation - change in ourselves - while also revealing a behavioral strategy for...
For The Better - 6 views
I really like the way this was stated.
started by Joe Bennett on 15 Aug 13
1 follow-up, last by Cassie Roth on 15 Aug 13
Brian Suszek and Cassie Roth liked it
The Choice - 4 views
From The Anatomy of Peace -Yusuf's words to the parents at the end of their time together: "I appreciate the time and effort you have devoted to this. You have been pondering your lives in bold wa...
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