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So, we need to be more than intolerant with some intolerant minorities. Simply, they violate the Silver Rule. It is not permissible to use “American values” or “Western principles” in treating intolerant Salafism (which denies other peoples’ right to have their own religion). The West is currently in the process of committing suicide.
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Vous devez montrer à votre employé qu’il n’a rien à craindre en donnant son avis, pour ce faire il vous faudra réagir avec gratitude quelle que soit la critique, et surtout montrer des « signes d’appartenance ». Daniel Coyle, auteur de The Culture Code [non traduit], décrit ces signes comme des manières non verbales d’exprimer « ta critique fait de toi un membre important de cette tribu » ou « tu t’es montré honnête avec moi et cela ne met en péril ni ton poste, ni notre relation ; tu as ta place ici ».
La Règle? Pas De Règles
Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer
To master this language, he had to relax and control the continual need to interpret with words or categorize what he was seeing. He had to tamp down his ego—thinking less of what he wanted to say and instead directing his attention outward into the other person, attuning himself to their changing moods as reflected in their body language. As he discovered, such attention changed him. It made him more alive to the signs people continually emit and transformed him into a superior social actor, capable of connecting to others’ inner lives and developing greater rapport.
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
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