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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. |
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comprised of ourselves, others and the relations between ourselves and others. In those relations, |
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"Reds" tend to favor themselves over others. "Selfishers" |
"Blues" tend to favor others over themselves. "Otherishers" |
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"Greens" tend to favor neither themselves nor others, but rather their mutually beneficial relations. "Fairishers" |
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"me,
myself and I-ish";
self-centered;
put themselves first.
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"you-yourself
and you-ish";
other oriented;
put themselves last.
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"us,
ourselves and we-ish";
relations oriented;
"we're in this together.
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"live"
for themselves;
use time and energy on themselves;
perceive, feel, think and act
mainly of and for themselves.
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"live"
for others;
use time and energy on others;
perceive, feel, think and act
mainly of and for others.
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use
resources to develop relations;
perceive, feel, think and act mainly of and for their
relations.
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please
themselves
at the expense of others.
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please
others
at the expense of themselves.
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share the
pleasure and the expense.
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sympathize
with themselves
"poor me"
and would rather hurt others
than suffer personally.
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sympathize
with others
"poor you"
and would rather suffer
personally than hurt others.
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empathize
with each other,
but realize that hurting is a part of life
so whoever deserves the hurting
ought to feel the pain.
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shortchange
others;
take more than give;
"mine-ish";
greedy;
"Gimme, gimme, gimme,
more, more, more."
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shortchange
self;
give more than receive;
"yours-ish";
overly generous;
"Everything I have is yours
including my identity."
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interchange;
are mutually "ours-ish";
mutually give and take;
give and take their fairishares.
mistreat
and abuse others; allow
themselves
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"I
want what I want
when I want it!!!";
inconsiderate;
take advantage of a friend
give heartache in return;
underly grateful.
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"You
can have all I've got
when you want it!!!!!";
to be mistreated and abused;
overly considerate;
"do anything for a friend"
receive heartache in return;
overly grateful.
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treat
themselves and each other
considerately and respectfully;
are grateful and appreciative enough.
Trust Believing Benefit of the
Doubt
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believe
they are
entitled to the best
so they vigorously
protest adversity.
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believe
they are
deserving of the worst
so they
silently accept suffering.
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know that
they get what they deserve,
unless they don't deserve to.
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tend
to be too suspicious.
"In me I trust."
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tend
to be too trusting.
"In you I trust."
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trust the
trustworthy,
"In us we trust."
and distrust the distrustworthy.
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believe
themselves;
doubt others.
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believe
others;
doubt themselves .
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believe
the beliefworthy
and doubt the doubtworthy.
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give
themselves
the benefit of the doubt
as they try to get away
with whatever they can.
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give
others
the benefit of the doubt
and will even allow them
to "get away with murder".
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lend each
other the benefit of the doubt
pending additional information.
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feel
angry,
even when it's unjustified
and express this anger
aggressively towards others.
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do
not feel angry
even when it's justified
and suppress even their
minimal anger inside.
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feel
justified anger
express their justified anger assertively
to protest and correct the injustice.
presume
themselves innocent presume
self guilty are innocent
until proven guilty
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do
not feel guilty,
even when it's justified;
till proven innocenter.
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feel
guilty
even when it's unjustified;
till proven guiltier.
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feel
justified guilt;
and no stalling allowed.
make
excuses apologize
too much.
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"never
guilty
means no regrets";
instead of apologies.
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"always
guilty
means full of regrets";
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learn
from the regrets
and do better next time;
apologize when warrranted.
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hold
grudges;
seek vengeance.
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forgive
others too readily,
only to be mistreated
once again.
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forgive
those who truly feel remorse
for what they have done;
seek justice.
reject
the blame; accept
the blame;
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accept
the credit;
"Thank you! Thank you!";
"It's all YOUR fault"
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reject
the credit;
"It was nothing";
"It's all MY fault"
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accept
their fairishares of credit and blame
and reject the rest.
Thanks, but NO thanks!."
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give
themselves unwarranted praise;
give others unwarranted criticism.
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give
others unwarranted praise;
give themselves unwarranted criticism.
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give
themselves and others
merited praise and warranted criticism.
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in
the long term
not only hurt others
but also cheat themselves.
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in
the long term
not only hurt others
but also harm those
they believe they are helping.
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in the
short and long term,
help rather than harm
themselves and others.
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are
know-it-alls
who know
they are always right!
Self-righteous!
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are
know-nothings
who know
they are always wrong!
Self-wrongeous!
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know
what they know
and what they don't know.
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use
two sets of standards.
They are too easy (lenient)
on themselves
and too hard (harsh)
with others.
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use
two sets of standards.
are too hard (harsh)
on themselves
and too easy (lenient)
with others.
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apply the
same single set of fairisher standards
to both themselves and others.
They favor their win-win relationships.
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expect
too little of themselves
and too much of others.
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expect
too much of themselves
and too little of others.
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expect
the expectable of themselves and others.
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overvalue
themselves
and undervalue others.
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undervalue
themselves
and overvalue others.
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accurately
appraise their relative values.
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believe
that they are super special,
even when they aren't;
(superiority complex).
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believe
that they are super zeroooos,
even when they aren't;
(inferiority complex).
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have
realistic images of themselves and others;
they are simply fairisher.
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overesteem
themselves
and underesteem others.
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overesteem
others
and underesteem themselves .
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esteem
themselves and others as
merited.
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love
themselves too much
and others too little.
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love
others too much
and themselves too little.
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love
themselves, others and especially their
relations.
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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.
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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.
and
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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
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can gradually resolve conflicts
through mutual understanding and fairish
compromise.
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are
fairisher within,
and fairisher with each other.
They have healthier, happier
and more harmonious relations
within themselves and with each other.
too
red
,
or
too blue
,
or
too
red and
too
blue
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move towards the green ![]()
and
you'll become fairisher, too!