The Golden Rule Is WRONG!!

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Innovation Catalyst

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7 Responses to “The Golden Rule Is WRONG!!”

  1. Herman Najoli, on October 1st, 2007 at 1:52 am Said:

    I tend to see the Golden Rule as being about reciprocity while the Platinum Rule is about initiative. The Golden Rule comes handy when there is a mutual exchange between individuals while the Platinum Rule seems effective in one way relationships where there is no expectation of a response from the other. What do you think?

  2. Innovation Catalyst, on October 1st, 2007 at 10:54 am Said:

    Regarding your latter point, I think the Platinum Rule is most useful in a continuing relationship between people who need one another to succeed. I also think it is important in persuading others. So I disagree in that there is an expectation of a response - an approval, a continuing relationship, a sale, a persuasion.

  3. cantheworldhearme, on October 8th, 2007 at 7:53 pm Said:

    Jerry drops an anvil on Tom’s head, duh.

  4. Innovation Catalyst, on October 8th, 2007 at 10:53 pm Said:

    Had I remembered this simple fact it would have saved me at least an hour writing the followup, but it’s almost done so oh well…

  5. Out With The Golden Rule, In With The Platinum Rule! (i.e., The Golden Rule Is Wrong, Part II) « Open Source Innovation, on October 8th, 2007 at 11:19 pm Said:

    [...] Wrong, Part II) Posted on October 8, 2007 by Innovation Catalyst Last week I explained why the Golden Rule is misguided, misplaced, and just plain wrong. Today I follow up by completing two examples on how to operate under the Platinum Rule: “Do Unto [...]

  6. t, on October 17th, 2007 at 11:35 am Said:

    In my point of view the golden rule is right. Everything is under principle. There is also a reference point for every action. Based on this understanding i believe that Tom don’t accept if even Jerry request to be swallowed by him. What i mean is if someone/Susan need to be hurt by another/ Mike, or if her interest is awful, the other/ Mike mustn’t accept it. B/se it’s a bad idea. So if we live in another world whereas their is no rule maybe the platinum rule can be accepted fully. By the way i realize that the other side of the golden rule agrees with the platinum if the interest of the other party is fair. At last, I see that denying the golden rule is like trying to use only the one side of a coin.

  7. 7 Levels Of Change (Part 9 of 9) - Bringing It All Together « Open Source Innovation, on November 30th, 2007 at 12:16 am Said:

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