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Is Needing to Be “Right” Unethical? | HENRY KOTULA — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:02:11 +0000

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By: Sylvester Piedrahita

Sylvester Piedrahita — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:23:28 +0000

I’m not a connoisseur but I think you just made the the greatest point by writing this.

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By: Lisa Christie, PhD, MBA, CPC

Lisa Christie, PhD, MBA, CPC — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:34:54 +0000

I wholly agree, Linda. We have a cultural belief that one perspective can be “right.” I think that because of the dominator hierarchical elements in our culture, we tend to link “might” and “right.” There can be a fear that if we are not “right,” we are “wrong,” and the price for being “wrong” is a loss of power. However, this is based on faulty reasoning. Contemporary science, psychology, and philosophy show us that there are many–perhaps limitless–ways to experience and conceptualize reality. This whole concept is very much tied in with valuing diversity, and implies a transformation of the way that we understand power.

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By: Ron Strauss

Ron Strauss — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:11:46 +0000

‘Needing to be right’ is related to being ‘Afraid to be wrong.’

When we operate out of fear and a potential sense of loss, we often say and do things we regret (even if we won’t admit it.)

Our reaction to a different point-of-view is often related to how we view the world: if we view it as a world of scarcity, a zero-sum game, where if you win I lose, then we tend to be combative. If, however, we view the world as a world of abundance, where we can enhance everyone’s outcome, then we tend to be supportive and more understanding of the other Point-of-View.

Leadership must be about the latter. When it’s about the former you wind up with totalitarian forms of government and a dimunition of the common good. It’s unsustainable and ultimately self-defeating.

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