if we focus all our energies on self- advancement − or on protecting ourselves − then we will...
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If we focus all our energies on self-advancement − or on protecting ourselves − then we will ultimately lose ourselves.
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• Love your enemies instead of hating them.
• Don’t retaliate or try to get even when people maltreat you. Rather, forgive them . . . and keep forgiving them.• If somebody slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.
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• Material possessions do not create lasting happiness.
• More happiness comes from giving out than from getting something for yourself.
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• Whoever wants to be first among you, must be the servant of all.
• The true meaning of power is being a slave.
• Power is an opportunity − not for ego or control or wealth − but for self-sacrifice in the service of others.
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• Material possessions do not create lasting happiness.
• More happiness comes from giving out than from getting something for yourself.
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Upside-downism: important ingredients for
personal fulfilment and a deeper happiness:
• having a strong underlying sense of
meaning and purpose in our lives
• security and affirmation in core
relationships
• the knowledge that our lives are of benefit
to other people.
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Some key issues for Upside-downism
• Material possessions
• What makes people happy and fulfilled?
• The meaning of power
• The service of others
• Different ways of handling friction
• Forgiveness and reconciliation
• War and peace.
Material possessions
What makes people happy and fulfilled?
The meaning of power
The service of others
Different ways of handling friction
Forgiveness and reconciliation
War and peace
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The First Step of Moral Courage:
‘If somebody slaps you on the right
cheek, let him slap you on the left cheek
too.’
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Attributions
Upside –down people
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