[Ailist] Loving Politicians etc

[Harry Bury]

Dear Nick,

I "appreciate" your suggestion we love politicians and promote films
and TV that create heros of folks who "appreciate" others and promote
the well being of others, no matter what the consequences.


I too would like to see "appreciated" being able to turn the other
cheek and loving "the enemy," as great courage and bravery instead
 of extolling vengence and calling it achieving justice.

Maybe we could begin our "appreciation" of politicians and others, no matter
what they have done and said, by asking and then listening with "appreciation"
 and empathy to an explanation of their motives.  If we have even some "appreciation"
 of their motives for doing or saying what we may perceive as despicable, we could join with
them in getting their wants and needs met which would lead to their interest in aiding
us in realizing our wants and needs.

I suggest a way to begin this "appreciative" way of thinking and behaving is to "appreciate"
that "appreciating" and loving are far more satisfying then getting even.

I believe this is the kind of out of the box thinking needed in our world today
and what AI brings to the table. I believe it also coincides with Einstein's belief we cannot
successfully manage the challenges of today with the same kind of thinking and
approaches which have brought us to the place our world is experiencing at present.

Thanks for reading and considering the above. I  "appreciate" your openness.

Warm Regards,
Harry J. Bury
Chair, Doctoral Program in Business Administration (DBA)
Graduate School of Commerce, Burapha University
Silom, Bangkok 10500 Thailand
AND
Professor Emeritus
Baldwin Wallace College
Berea, OH  44017 USA
440-826-2395 Office
440-336-2801 Mobile
Explore Dr. Bury's website http://homepages.bw.edu/~hbury
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From: ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu [ailist-bounces at lists.business.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Heap [nick at nickheap.co.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:44 AM
To: ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
Subject: [Ailist] Loving Politicians etc

I have had some thoughts about making the world a better place for a long
time and just wanted to share them with you. I have a feeling they just
could make a difference and be quite simple to do. I wonder what you think?

Love politicians

This is a radical thought! Politicians are people so, however it may appear,
just like us they are always doing the best they can. It may not be the best
possible, but given their history and circumstances it is the best they can
at the time. So blaming and criticising is no help. In any case, you can't
manage the past only learn from it.

Politicians may enjoy exercising power, but so do we all. They do decide to
manage on our behalf anything that may happen. This is an awesome
responsibility. All of them would earn much more in a less demanding role.

I would like to see us supporting and loving politicians rather than
criticising them personally. Challenging their ideas is fine. If we elect
them to help us, we should help them. One way might be to catch them doing
something right and send an appreciative note. Another might be to offer
some time or a listening ear. What do you think you could do?

Finding the healthiest happiest people and discovering why and how

Some people are both healthy and happy. They are not necessarily “rich”.
There is no evidence that material wealth, beyond quite a modest income,
adds to either. It could be that these happy and healthy people are doing
some things, or thinking some things that directly contribute to them being
happy and healthy. If this is so, and we knew what it was, we could choose
to do the same.

We could find some healthy and happy people and find out what they do and
how they think. Who knows, there might be simple things we could all do.

There are already some clues active churchgoing can add years to active
life. A positive attitude to ageing can do the same.

Neighbours from heaven

I get fed up and depressed by all the television programmes that show people
at their worst. They are typically called “Neighbours from hell”. I imagine
the effect on the viewers is either to confirm their prejudices that people
are awful or that this is all you can expect from a particular class or
group of people. Neither is very productive.

So, what about some programmes e g “Neighbours from Heaven” that showed the
best of people instead? These would show heart-warming stories of
extraordinary generosity and kindness. Instead of depressing the viewer,
they would challenge and inspire her or him to do something similar. This
would increase the amount of positive energy and spirit. If might encourage
more of us to pay attention to good things, and then we would feel better
too.

These are three of a longer list that is here
http://makeyourworldhappy.blogspot.com/

If you have any comments, or can suggest ways of progessing these thoughts,
I would be glad to hear them.

Best wishes

Nick

Web: www.nickheap.co.uk

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