firstly, I really like the idea that started this thread. I think it's important to point out examples that inspire us to shed those limiting beliefs of it being a cutthroat world and those that assure us that being a cutthroat is the only way a person can get into a position of power.
secondly, can someone explain to me how come they see steve jobs as a lightworker? I ask because I've read many articles describing him as a very negative person towards his employees, with all his yelling and similar stress-inducing, make-the-other-person-feel-so-very-small ways, it just led me to think he's not very love based person. sure, I'll give him that he shows a big love for ideas and products, but I just don't see the human factor here. maybe I'm wrong, but for me, acting out of love means being that way to your fellow man first. so enlighten me, people, you seem to know something I don't.
also, I would like to nominate gloria steinem. she is an intelligent hot blonde who could've gotten power and her way in life through manipulation and similar (easier) ways, yet she chose to be an empowering example for women and tried to show that discrimination hurts both genders. she also wrote a very empowering book, revolution from within, that I thought was a wonderful piece on the role of personal responsibility of women, and she handled the somewhat bitter response of the media and some other feminists (they attacked her saying she betraying feminism by suggesting that women have a personal responsibility and are not just the helpless victims of a mean cruel world) in what seemed to me a very loving way.
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