You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.
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It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.
For example, I tend to personally reward myself for specific acts of exceptional discipline.
I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.
Accountability breeds response-ability.
You're much better off creating positive rewards, complimenting people for acting correctly, rather than punishing them when they act incorrectly.
We like to put people on a pedestal, give them one character trait, and if they step outside of that shrinelike area that we blocked out for them, then we will punish them.
Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
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