Cultural Conflict
Cultural Conflict, Blog of Seth Godin, Adidas Story tweet, and some interesting Stuff ...
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Let’s get started on one of my favorite topics, and most of you will relate to it.
Cultural Conflict
As young individuals, we want to explore and experience things that excite us but when the moments actually happen, we get fearful or distracted or conflicted by our own thoughts.
We all have our own cultural beliefs, the value system we got raised in, and the communal rules which we follow. When we want to explore or challenge or take charge which could be intellectual, educational, gender-based, or even sexual, we get in a whirlpool of :
Am I doing something wrong?
What if it is a huge mistake?
What people will think? Will they accept me?
What is the point in it?
“So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.”
― Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon
I am not only concerned with the religious aspect. According to me. the people you hang out with, the books you read, the online and offline content you consume, everything you do is somewhat frames your culture.
Staying awake till 3 am is part of your CULT, partying all night and then showing up at work with equal enthusiasm is also part of your CULT, don’t get conflicted ever.
Accept new ideas, experiment with them. Be tolerant of people who have their CULT and respect their boundaries. Be kind to yourself first, calm your mind, and spread kindness and love.
Ideate your culture, never get conflicted between right and wrong, most of the time it is neither.
If you wish to discuss more or add something to it then leave a comment.
Whining- Seth Godin
Toddlers whine. Most adults figure out how to lose the habit because it’s toxic. And yet it persists.
Whining is a seductive package deal. When it works, it gets us attention, it lowers expectations, it gains sympathy and it forces people to identify with our pain. And it helps people feel as though they’re not responsible.
Often, the amount of whining is totally unrelated to the level of discomfort, and it seems to increase with how much privilege people perceive they deserve.
So why avoid it?
Because it changes our outlook on the world. When whining becomes a habit, we need to continue it, so we begin to interpret events as opportunities to prove that our whining is justified.
And because over time, people hate being around a whiner. The selfish desires of the habitual whiner eventually become clear. We realize that our shared reality is the world as it is, and that the whiner isn’t actually being singled out. And through practice, we learn that the best way to make things better is to work to improve them, not to demand special treatment. Reminding myself of the perils of whining is helpful indeed.
Optimists run the risk of being disappointed now and then. Whiners are always disappointing.
ADIDAS Story Tweet
If you think ADIDAS is all day I dream about sports, then you are wrong.
Read the entire thread👇
A Powerful Video
I saw it almost two years ago, and it is something to ponder deeply.
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