“The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too different from the way dictators use wars and continuous threats of war as an emotional basis for maintaining their power.” PeopleThinkingWayKindDifferentWarUseEmotionalAnxietyHollywoodBasesCrisisThreatAtmosphereDictatorMaintainingHysteria Author:Hortense Powdermaker
“Where do whites fit in the New Africa? Nowhere, I'm inclined to sayand I do believe that it is true that even the gentlest and most westernised Africans would like the emotional idea of the continent entirely without the complication of the presence of the white man for a generation or two. But nowhere, as an answer for us whites, is in the same category as remarks like What's the use of living? in the face of the threat of atomic radiation. We are living; we are in Africa.” MenBelieveTwoIdeasUseFacesWhiteAnswersGenerationsEmotionalFitThreatCategoriesRadiationContinentsWhite ManRemarksComplication Author:Nadine Gordimer
“Recognition in front of peers is the strongest motivator, and berating team members in private or public is the biggest demotivator. Check your use of rewards vs. penalties, with the negatives including emotional outbursts at no one in particular, a lack of feedback and veiled threats.” UseTeamFrontsEmotionalParticularMembersThreatRewardsIncludingChecksRecognitionStrongestPenaltiesPeersFeedbackOutburstTeam MemberEmotional OutburstsBerating Author:Martin Zwilling
“The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.” FormJoyPeaceUnderstandingDifferencesEmotionalIntellectualBasesThreatEqualityBridgesPsychicsUbuntu Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches