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Concept of Spiral Dynamics: What do you want more? To understand how to communicate successfully or harmoniously? Or to understand chaos in general?

Concept of Spiral Dynamics: What do you want more? To understand how to communicate successfully or harmoniously? Or to understand chaos in general?

by Claudia Rieck | Jan 1, 2021 | Spiral Dynamics

My 2020 blog series (starting with Gluttony here) on the seven deadly sins has left me (and perhaps you) with the uncomfortable feeling that the behaviours that were condemnable then and are condemnable now still play a big part in our lives. And maybe you...
The Beautiful this year true to the motto: “In life, what matters is not having a good deck of cards in your hand, but playing well with bad cards.” (Robert Louis Stevenson)

The Beautiful this year true to the motto: “In life, what matters is not having a good deck of cards in your hand, but playing well with bad cards.” (Robert Louis Stevenson)

by Claudia Rieck | Dec 1, 2020 | christmas

My last blog in a year that has demanded a lot from all of us, after so many references to the deadly sins in life (my 2020 blog series on this starts here:) will for once focus on the beautiful and interesting things in this year. My personal list of the most...
The deadly sins – conclusion: High moral concepts are a matter of habit. (Aristotle)

The deadly sins – conclusion: High moral concepts are a matter of habit. (Aristotle)

by Claudia Rieck | Nov 1, 2020 | Moral

Maybe when you have been reading my last blogs (the last one was The Pride) you have wondered why I am writing about the seven deadly sins. And maybe you also thought that these are not topics that are relevant to our lives today. But they are, because the reason why...
The Pride or „Even his family dislikes the arrogant one.“ (Theognis of Megara)

The Pride or „Even his family dislikes the arrogant one.“ (Theognis of Megara)

by Claudia Rieck | Oct 1, 2020 | Hochmut

Now we have already arrived at the last deadly sin. It is interesting to note that this word also contains both a positive and a negative meaning in its German origin. The Old High German “Hohmuot” originally meant “noble mind” in the sense of...
The sloth or „There is a big difference between living your life in leisure or in sloth.“ (Seneca)

The sloth or „There is a big difference between living your life in leisure or in sloth.“ (Seneca)

by Claudia Rieck | Sep 1, 2020 | sloth

What do you think, is the sloth a sin? I would have spontaneously said “no”. Because I would have equated sloth with doing nothing – and that is something we need more of. But my research has shown that sloth does not mean “doing nothing”...
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