David and Goliath and The Good Life Psychology Today
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David and Goliath and The Good Life
By Christopher Peterson, Ph.D. on June 14, 2009 - 5:37pm in The Good Life
Excerpts:
In the May 11, 2009, issue of the New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell wrote an essay titled "How David Beat Goliath." The subtitle of the essay is provocative: "When Underdogs Break the Rules."
Life is even more complicated. We want to play to win - be happy - but there are few explicit rules yet implicit rules galore.>
Consider those we know who are passionate, who live life fully. They laugh readily, and they cry just as easily. They hug us when we need it. They yell at us when we need it. They never - and I mean never - fail to say please and thank you. So, how do we regard them behind their backs? We may roll our eyes. People are not supposed to do that! >
Shame on us.>
What's the positive psychology point? Be tolerant of those who do things differently and well, as long as what they do is neither immoral nor illegal. Indeed, celebrate them. You might actually learn something about the good life.>
Most of you, like me, are a David and not a Goliath. I hope we all have the requisite stones (as it were) to pursue a life worth living. It doesn't matter if we have a mundane job, an unremarkable spouse, or really ordinary children. Put a full-court press on life! >
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This posting was made my Jim Jacobs, President & CEO of Jacobs Executive Advisors. Jim also serves as Leader of Jacobs Advisors' Insurance Practice.
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