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Monday, December 20. 2010

Excuseville

Posted at Bernard Goldberg, My Genes Made Me Do It!


Funny how we humans want to take personal credit for things we feel good about, and how quick we are to come up with excuses and rationalizations for the rest.


The author included this handy-dandy elementary life skills chart, for those who never learned it. Readers might be amazed by how many adults never mastered Life 101. Sadly, the "awareness" part is often the biggest challenge:



 

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Our Essays, Psychology, and Dr. Bliss, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 18:35 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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Howdy, Dr. Joy
I am fond of praise and credit also, but I do look around me and think that I've been fortunate or blessed. I rarely have to resist the temptation to overeat because my appetite is modest to start with. I've got all (nearly all) my hair left because of my physiology rather than any personal merit. I'm intelligent and I have a tremendous memory; both seem to be gifts rather than achievements.
We all prefer praise and want to be worthy of it. I hate blame as much as anyone and my first reaction is always to try to displace it. But then that demon responsibility kicks in, as you advocate, and I have to try to find a solution. Perhaps even a sense of responsibility is something of a gift, though.
#1 Geoff Brown on 2010-12-21 12:50 (Reply)

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