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Empowering Attitudes for a Lifetime

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Empowering attitudes are ways of looking at life and the world that are both freeing and confidence building.

Fair Fighting Can Build Relationships

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Fair fighting is fighting with principle. It’s strong advocacy tempered with care and concern. When we fight fairly, with principle, and with care not to needlessly injure, we build instead of destroy.

Right Thinking Makes for Right Acting

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Right thinking is thinking guided by principle. And not just any principle but the overriding principle of love.

Fighting Fairly Defines Decent Characters

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Fighting is an integral part of life. But how we fight matters. Fighting fairly, with principal, and constructively, with care not to needlessly injure is what decent character is all about.

Aggressive and Assertive Behavior

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Assertive behavior is a key element of healthy, independent, adult functioning. But because asserting oneself is a form of “fighting” for one’s legitimate needs, it’s easy to get confused about the difference between aggressive and assertive behavior.