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==Overcoming Tyrants== | ==Overcoming Tyrants== | ||
* Everyone experiences fear, including fear of humiliation. | |||
* Courage can overcome fear. | |||
* We are responsible for our own choices. | |||
* We all have sources of power we can draw on. | |||
* Authentic self-confidence increases our power. | |||
* Inquiry, evidence, and respectful debate are powerful tools for uncovering what is. | |||
* Alliances can increase our power. | |||
* We each have our own important stories to tell. | |||
* Tyrants use the trappings of power to enhance their image. | |||
* Tyrants suppress and manipulate opponents by exploiting their fears. | |||
* We often respond to image before we respond to substance. | |||
* Image is not substance. | |||
* You can speak truth to power. | |||
* Tyrants respond differently to compassion than they do to threats, dominance, or humiliation. | |||
* All things must pass; even tyranny is impermanent. | |||
==Quotations== | ==Quotations== | ||
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” ~ Lord Acton | “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” ~ Lord Acton |