Comments on: What If? http://www.productiveflourishing.com/what-if/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Strategies for Thriving in Life and Business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlie http://www.productiveflourishing.com/what-if/#comment-1592 Charlie Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:40:30 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=779#comment-1592 @Ian: "However, there are days when it seems as though our society is simply in one huge competition on the individual level." Too true. What separates healthy competition from non-healthy competition is that in non-healthy competition, everybody loses. A funny thing happens when you stop fighting other people. The rules of the game change and people don't know how to act. @Andre: Always insightful - it now seems obvious that that riff was going through my head. I had the questions thought out after a long day of driving and thinking about how to help others become more successful. The biggest suggestion: get over yourself and get out of your way. Easy to say, hard to follow. @Ian: “However, there are days when it seems as though our society is simply in one huge competition on the individual level.”

Too true. What separates healthy competition from non-healthy competition is that in non-healthy competition, everybody loses.

A funny thing happens when you stop fighting other people. The rules of the game change and people don’t know how to act.

@Andre: Always insightful – it now seems obvious that that riff was going through my head. I had the questions thought out after a long day of driving and thinking about how to help others become more successful. The biggest suggestion: get over yourself and get out of your way. Easy to say, hard to follow.

]]> By: Andre Kibbe http://www.productiveflourishing.com/what-if/#comment-1578 Andre Kibbe Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:45:47 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=779#comment-1578 There are no easy answers, but they're provocative questions as personal challenges. They all seem to be asking, "What if we got over ourselves?" To me, that's a vision of a post-consumer society (what Ivan Illich called "conviviality"). Those of us raised in rich countries always feel like we have more to lose than in cultures where affluence isn't considered a birthright, or even a healthy aspiration. <abbr><em>Andre Kibbes last blog post..<a href="http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/11/11/the-difference-between-accomplishing-and-action/" rel="nofollow">The Difference Between Accomplishing and Action</a></abbr></em> There are no easy answers, but they’re provocative questions as personal challenges. They all seem to be asking, “What if we got over ourselves?” To me, that’s a vision of a post-consumer society (what Ivan Illich called “conviviality”). Those of us raised in rich countries always feel like we have more to lose than in cultures where affluence isn’t considered a birthright, or even a healthy aspiration.

Andre Kibbes last blog post..The Difference Between Accomplishing and Action

]]> By: Ian http://www.productiveflourishing.com/what-if/#comment-1577 Ian Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:04:56 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=779#comment-1577 Some very good, thought-provoking questions. They make me look inward and think a bit more before I speak or act or even react. I believe that life would be better if we acted in a more humane way toward one another. However, there are days when it seems as though our society is simply in one huge competition on the individual level. It's as though I am in a championship match against every other human doing their daily business. Perhaps I'm just not that competitive, or perhaps I care more about people than getting ahead. I want to have a good life so I try to live towards that end. As you said, there are no easy answers, but there are solutions to all of the questions. We just need to look to see them. <abbr><em>Ians last blog post..<a href="http://indigospot.com/2008/11/what-has-eight-arms-and-juggles" rel="nofollow">What Has Eight Arms and Juggles?</a></abbr></em> Some very good, thought-provoking questions. They make me look inward and think a bit more before I speak or act or even react.

I believe that life would be better if we acted in a more humane way toward one another. However, there are days when it seems as though our society is simply in one huge competition on the individual level.

It’s as though I am in a championship match against every other human doing their daily business. Perhaps I’m just not that competitive, or perhaps I care more about people than getting ahead. I want to have a good life so I try to live towards that end.

As you said, there are no easy answers, but there are solutions to all of the questions. We just need to look to see them.

Ians last blog post..What Has Eight Arms and Juggles?

]]> By: Hugo http://www.productiveflourishing.com/what-if/#comment-1576 Hugo Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:40:29 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=779#comment-1576 Thank you for asking, good things to think of! <abbr><em>Hugos last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StreamlinedMind/~3/448970702/" rel="nofollow">Use the Unschedule to Overcome Procrastination</a></abbr></em> Thank you for asking, good things to think of!

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