Day Eighteen. Don’t Dominate Others: Don’t Be a Top Dog

Dominating behavior entails controlling or using power over others to serve your interest, without regard to the rights and needs of others. We might also call this “top dog” behavior. Many problems in human life stem from the human tendency to dominate others. It is obvious in those who bully. Domination is often indirect and therefore difficult to detect. Human domination through manipulation plays a central role in modern society. It almost always harms, at some level, those being controlled. Tremendous suffering results from this tendency.

“Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than to be loved.”

—Cornelius Nepos

Unfortunately, people who ...

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