{"id":3978,"date":"2012-11-14T16:15:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/processworkhub.gr\/blog\/?p=3978"},"modified":"2012-11-14T16:15:06","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T14:15:06","slug":"%ce%b8%cf%85%ce%bc%ce%ae%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%85-%cf%84%ce%b9-%cf%85%cf%80%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%80%ce%af%ce%b6%ce%b5%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%8c%cf%87%ce%b9-%ce%bc%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%84%ce%b9-%cf%80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/processworkhub.gr\/blog\/%ce%b8%cf%85%ce%bc%ce%ae%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%85-%cf%84%ce%b9-%cf%85%cf%80%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b1%cf%83%cf%80%ce%af%ce%b6%ce%b5%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%b9-%cf%8c%cf%87%ce%b9-%ce%bc%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%bf-%cf%84%ce%b9-%cf%80\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0398\u03c5\u03bc\u03ae\u03c3\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03b9 \u03c5\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03c0\u03af\u03b6\u03b5\u03c3\u03b1\u03b9, \u03cc\u03c7\u03b9 \u03bc\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf \u03c4\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b5\u03bc\u03ac\u03c2…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u03a0\u03b7\u03b3\u03ae: A User’s Guide to Power<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember what you stand for, not just what you\u2019re against<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Julie Diamond, Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\n

In yesterday\u2019s New York Times<\/a>, Thomas Friedman writes:<\/p>\n

In October 2010, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, famously told The National Journal, \u201cThe single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.\u201d And that\u2019s how he and his party acted. Well, Mitch, how\u2019s that working out for you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McConnell saw his job description as making Obama fail. He said explicitly that he didn\u2019t want to pass any legislation because Obama can claim credit.<\/p>\n

Gee, if I recall, the job description for a legislator is to actually make legislation. McConnell has tipped so far over into what he\u2019s against, he\u2019s lost sight of what he\u2019s for. As a leader, he should have been working to make positive change, not using time and tax payers money to wage a vendetta.<\/p>\n

America\u2019s vote last night means different things to different people. To me it meant, among other things, that the majority of people, not everyone, but at least half, is tired of the politics of being against.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to see this playing out on a national stage. But we all do it. For some reason it\u2019s easier to be against than it is to stand for something. Sure, there are moments to stand up against things, but unless you\u2019re also selling something positive, just being an \u201canti\u201d monger doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

We have to decide whether we want a \u201cnegative freedom,\u201d the freedom from<\/em> constraint, from<\/em> the abuse of power, from<\/em> any infringement on our activities. Or, do e want a \u201cpositive freedom,\u201d the freedom to realize ourselves, to make a thriving community, to innovate and create. Being against is the negative freedom we\u2019re used to, and it leads to a democracy of individual rights, based on the belief that freedom arises out of pitting individual against individual, individual against government, and minority against majority.<\/p>\n

Being against something is seductive, because it makes us feel powerful, but actually, it\u2019s just a semblance of power. We define ourselves in relation to the other, but not in terms of our innermost potential.<\/p>\n

While freedom from<\/em> has been the dominant mode of democracy to-date, freedom to<\/em> is a lesser known, not-yet-realized form of democracy. It is based on the understanding that liberty is much more than absence of constraint. Real liberty is the inner capacity to self-actualize and create, not just to resist.<\/p>\n

And it means articulating what you want, why it\u2019s useful and what it will do for people. It means you have to collaborate, to work with others to build something, and make something that matters. So let\u2019s take the election to exercise our positive<\/em> freedom, to be for something, to use our imagination, envision the future we want, and work together, even with those we don\u2019t agree with, to make it a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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