http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/being-right en-us 60 <p>Do you have an obsessive need to be right? All. The. Time?</p><p>Me, too. :)</p><p>If there&rsquo;s one thing that kills relationships faster than anything, it&rsquo;s that&hellip;The need to be right. All. The. Time.</p><p>An alternative?</p><p>How about <em>not </em>needing to be right?</p><p>Getting caught up in the web of righteousness? Let&rsquo;s pause. SEE ourselves falling into our habit of &ldquo;being right&rdquo; and see if we can&rsquo;t take a more spacious perspective&mdash;one that allows for differences in how others see the world.</p><p>Ahhhhhh&hellip;</p><p>THAT is a nice place to be.</p><p>You can still passionately express yourself (God forbid if we stopped doing that!) but check your intention: are you trying to prove you&rsquo;re right (codeword for proving you&rsquo;re smarter than someone else) or are you trying to grow and learn more about yourself and the world?</p><p>Let&rsquo;s rock it!</p><p>(And, wish me luck, please. :)</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:19 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:396:396 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/396