Archive for July 9th, 2009

Posted on July 9, 2009 - by Jus

Build Them Up…

… Don’t Beat Them Up.

It seems that one of the consistencies with Deficit Based Thinkers is the premise that no one else “gets it” quite like them, that the Deficit Based Thinker is usually ‘more right’ or ‘knows better’ than those around them.  It breeds an inherently condescending point of view.  For example, do any of these sound familiar….?

“Why didn’t you…”
“That won’t work!”
“Oh no, not again!”
“That’s impossible”
“They just don’t get it”
“How could you let this happen?”
“What’s wrong with you?”

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