It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
The Big Short
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CHEATERS: A PRACTICAL LIFE LESSON
By Seth Godin
There are really only two ways to approach this:
“We don’t cheat.”
“We cheat when we can get away with it.”
The posture of, “our side doesn’t cheat,” is the belief in the validity of the game itself. It’s a statement of moral authority, a promise of consistency and valor. It respects the process.
The posture of, “cheat if you can,” is the belief in the ends at any cost. It degrades the system, because if everyone cheats, then there is no system left.
Cheaters often brag about their exploits, because they want to normalize them.
Sophisticated competitors, the ones who really want to win, understand that cheating destroys the very thing they set out to do. Because once cheating is normalized, the winner is the person who had the guts to cheat the most and destroy the system, not the one who deserved to win. Being against cheating doesn’t mean you don’t want to compete, it means that you do.
In every community, on every team, there are people who believe that they only chance they’ve got is to cheat. Our systems persist only when peers in the community step up and insist that the cheater stop. Because being on a team that wins by cheating is ultimately self-defeating.
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FROM CATHY: I just read your article on your best friend, Edyie Sacramento, and I wanted to know more about her. However, I can't find her on google...What state is she senator? Is this not your friend's real name? By the way I absolutely love your Daily Prayables. Thanks!
FROM SUSAN:
Thanks for reaching out. It looks like I owe you and others and explanation! You inspired me to add a little postscript to my stories. Watch for it in future Sunday Stories
About: EYDIE SACRAMENTO'S RISE TO A HIGHER CALLING
by the author: I recently watched the fascinating 2019 documentary, Knock Down The House. It's the story of how four female
candidates - each driven by personal experience and hardship - enter the 2018 race for Congress, challenging powerful incumbents for a spot at the table and a voice in government. I imagined what it would be like if one of my amazing friends entered politics later in life. I believe it's possible for all of us, no matter our age or circumstance, to rise to a higher calling. I hope Eydie's tale inspires you to action.
- Susan
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SOFTEN HER HEART
Soften my wife of 9 years’ heart through her midlife crisis. I hope to work through our difficulties and strengthen our marriage. Please help her remember the good and forget the past. Heal her thinking, help heal her heart. If it is your will, it is my way.
- david
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