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Weakness can be strong

“In our culture weakness can be quite strong and powerful”

People can use their weakness to get an accommodation for that deficit, balancing power. But you can also use your weakness to tip the balance of power, make the more powerful serve you. We want to help each other, and by being on the receiving end of help you have created a dynamic with the served and the servant.

Excerpt From: Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. “The Courage to Be Disliked.” Atria, 2018-05-08. Apple Books.

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