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Vulnerability
Vulnerability is emotional risk, exposure, uncertainty. It is, according to Brene Brown, our most accurate measurement of courage. Shame focuses on individual, guilt on behaviour. Shame drives 2 scripts – “you’re not good enough”, and “who do you think you are?”. Shame correlates with addiction, depression, violence, aggression, bullying, suicide, eating disorders. Guilt however is inversely related. Guilt…
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More hopeful, more committed to the challenges of living in a complex world
“We’ve been taught to think that the real question is “Do people deserve to die for the crimes they have committed?” And that’s a very sensible question. But the other way of thinking about it is not “Do people deserve to die for the crimes they have committed?”, but “Do we deserve to kill?” “I…
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Optimism bias
Some people say the secret to happiness is low expectations… So it’s a very good theory, but it turns out to be wrong for three reasons. Number one: Whatever happens, whether you succeed or you fail, people with high expectations always feel better. Because how we feel when we get dumped or win employee of…
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Charity needs to think big
Charity is stuck in small scale, limited vision with no potential to deal with the massive social problems they often seek to address. They are unable to attract the best talent by offering competitive wages, unable to advertise, unable to invest in growth (cf Amazon, no profits for 6yrs), unable to take risks due to…