the propeace community - Sacred Cow Tipping - Polarized Thinking - Comments http://www.propeace.net/node/1673 Comments for "Sacred Cow Tipping - Polarized Thinking" en competition polarizes http://www.propeace.net/node/1673#comment-1247 <p>It is through our perpetual use of competition as a motivator that creates the "them against us!" There is no healthy competition!</p> Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:19:12 -0500 water dragon comment 1247 at http://www.propeace.net Sacred Cow Tipping - Polarized Thinking http://www.propeace.net/node/1673 The Sacred Cows for January have to do with our survival motivations and the either/or syndrome, i.e. "either you're for us or against us," "either you win or you lose," and the infamous "either you're right or you're wrong." Thinking in absolutes is the basis of most survival issues and provides the fodder for war - "Either we stay in Iraq until we win or we cut and run." This kind of polarized thinking is collective and filters down into our families and businesses to pollute our motivations and decision-making processes. In the end, either/or thinking makes it very difficult for us to cooperate with each other and build positive consensus in our projects. http://www.propeace.net/node/1673#comments culture Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:06:17 -0500 Rheanni Lightwater 1673 at http://www.propeace.net