Introduction
This chart contains the same ideas as the original guide
but phrased more moderately with an emphasis on tendencies,
hence,
Selfish-ers, Fairishers, Otherish-ers
This expands the range to include:
SELFISHIANS, Selfishers, Fairishers, Otherishers, OTHERISHites
with the original guide terminology reserved for the extremists,
those for whom the word "tendencies" would be a euphemistic.
We each live in a world
comprised of
ourselves, others
and the relations between ourselves and others.
In those relations,

"Reds" tend to favor
themselves over others.
"Selfishers"

"Blues" tend to favor
others over themselves.
"Otherishers"

"Greens" tend to favor neither themselves nor others,
but rather their mutually beneficial relations.
"Fairishers"

Priorities

"me, myself and I-ish";
self-centered;
put themselves first.

"you-yourself and you-ish";
other oriented;
put themselves last.

"us, ourselves and we-ish";
relations oriented;
"we're in this together.

Reason for Living

"live" for themselves;
use time and energy on themselves;
perceive, feel, think and act
mainly of and for themselves.

"live" for others;
use time and energy on others;
perceive, feel, think and act
mainly of and for others.

use resources to develop relations;
perceive, feel, think and act mainly of and for their relations.

Pleasure

please themselves
at the expense of others.

please others
at the expense of themselves.

share the pleasure and the expense.

Pain

sympathize with themselves
"poor me"
and would rather hurt others
than suffer personally.

sympathize with others
"poor you"
and would rather suffer
personally than hurt others.

empathize with each other,
but realize that hurting is a part of life
so whoever deserves the hurting
ought to feel the pain.

Give and Take

shortchange others;
take more than give;
"mine-ish";
greedy;
"Gimme, gimme, gimme,
more, more, more."

shortchange self;
give more than receive;
"yours-ish";
overly generous;
"Everything I have is yours
including my identity."

interchange;
are mutually "ours-ish";
mutually give and take;
give and take their fairishares.

Use and Abuse

"I want what I want
when I want it!!!";

mistreat and abuse others;
inconsiderate;
take advantage of a friend
give heartache in return;
underly grateful.


"You can have all I've got
when you want it!!!!!";

allow themselves
to be mistreated and abused;
overly considerate;
"do anything for a friend"
receive heartache in return;
overly grateful.


treat themselves and each other
considerately and respectfully;
are grateful and appreciative enough.

Deserving

believe they are
entitled to the best
so they vigorously
protest adversity.

believe they are
deserving of the worst
so they
silently accept suffering.

know that they get what they deserve,
unless they don't deserve to.
 

Trust


tend to be too suspicious.
"In me I trust."

tend to be too trusting.
"In you I trust."

trust the trustworthy,
"In us we trust."
and distrust the distrustworthy.
 

Believing


believe themselves;
doubt others.

believe others;
doubt themselves .

believe the beliefworthy
and doubt the doubtworthy.
 

Benefit of the Doubt


give themselves
the benefit of the doubt
as they try to get away
with whatever they can.

give others
the benefit of the doubt
and will even allow them
to "get away with murder".

lend each other the benefit of the doubt
pending additional information.

Anger

feel angry,
even when it's unjustified
and express this anger
aggressively towards others.

do not feel angry
even when it's justified
and suppress even their
minimal anger inside.

feel justified anger
express their justified anger assertively
to protest and correct the injustice.

Guilt

do not feel guilty,
even when it's justified;

presume themselves innocent
till proven innocenter.


feel guilty
even when it's unjustified;

presume self guilty
till proven guiltier.


feel justified guilt;

are innocent until proven guilty
and no stalling allowed.

Regrets

"never guilty
means no regrets";

make excuses
instead of apologies.


"always guilty
means full of regrets";

apologize too much.

 


learn from the regrets
and do better next time;
apologize when warrranted.

Justice

hold grudges;
seek vengeance.

forgive others too readily,
only to be mistreated
once again.

forgive those who truly feel remorse
for what they have done;
seek justice.

Responsibility

accept the credit;
"Thank you! Thank you!";

reject the blame;
"It's all YOUR fault"


reject the credit;
"It was nothing";

accept the blame;
"It's all MY fault"


accept their fairishares of credit and blame
and reject the rest.
Thanks, but NO thanks!."

Praise and Criticism

give themselves unwarranted praise;
give others unwarranted criticism.

give others unwarranted praise;
give themselves unwarranted criticism.

give themselves and others
merited praise and warranted criticism.

Long Term Effects

in the long term
not only hurt others
but also cheat themselves.

in the long term
not only hurt others
but also harm those
they believe they are helping.

in the short and long term,
help rather than harm
themselves and others.

Knowing

are know-it-alls
who know
they are always right!
Self-righteous!

are know-nothings
who know
they are always wrong!
Self-wrongeous!

know
what they know
and what they don't know.

Standards

use two sets of standards.
They are too easy (lenient)
on themselves
and too hard (harsh)
with others.

use two sets of standards.
are too hard (harsh)
on themselves
and too easy (lenient)
with others.

apply the same single set of fairisher standards
to both themselves and others.
They favor their win-win relationships.

Expectations

expect
too little of themselves
and too much of others.

expect
too much of themselves
and too little of others.

expect the expectable of themselves and others.

Valuing

overvalue themselves
and undervalue others.

undervalue themselves
and overvalue others.

accurately appraise their relative values.

Self Images

believe that they are super special,
even when they aren't;
(superiority complex).

believe that they are super zeroooos,
even when they aren't;
(inferiority complex).

have realistic images of themselves and others;
they are simply fairisher.

Esteeming

overesteem themselves
and underesteem others.

overesteem others
and underesteem themselves .

esteem themselves and others as merited.

Love

love themselves too much
and others too little.

love others too much
and themselves too little.

love themselves, others and especially their relations.

To become fairisher,

must become more aware of themselves and others;
"Who are you?
And who am I?"
and must open
their minds and hearts
to themselves and each other.

must become more aware of themselves and others;
" Who am I?
And who are you?"
and must open
their minds and hearts
to themselves and each other.
As and
gradually balance the imbalances
within themselves and with each other,
they at times will find themselves in conflict.
Neither faction can now dominate,
but both still want their way.
and
can gradually resolve conflicts
through mutual understanding and fairish compromise.

are fairisher within,
and fairisher with each other.
They have healthier, happier
and more harmonious relations
within themselves and with each other.
So whether you are
too red ,
or too blue ,
or too red and too blue ,
move towards the green

and you'll become fairisher, too!

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