JohnPlace!
Great post as usual John… always the theorician …
In your philosophy #1… man’s passion is at the “effect” or being “controlled” by his motivation and his objectives… whereas in philosophy #2 man is the master and originator of passion… that is if I understand your view correctly… and, you are a proponent of philosophy #1…
I believe that this is due to the fact that you seem to be a theorician, visionary and a strategist…
I am mostly a commander and a leader… therefore I am in favor of philosophy #2… that is, I let guys like you define the course of action… and I lead the troops home to victory… and for that, I need to foster passion and enthusiasm at will…
That is only the way that I see things… and I am fully aware that my way of seeing things is not shared by everyone… so, I welcome the discussions…
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