Today’s society is plagued by ‘me-ness.’ Humans tend to look at everything through our own lens. We use it as a protective device, a subconscious capacity that we all use to deflect responsibility and blame, to soothe our egos and ensure our self-worth is maintained while avoiding things we do not want to do or projects we do not want to take on. But - what would happen if we changed the context from ‘me’ to ‘we?’

How would adopting the ‘we’ concept improve our society for future generations?

Today, I discuss the difference between the ‘me’ and ‘we’ contexts and explain why ‘we’ is better than ‘me.’ I highlight some of the areas in our everyday life where we are falling back on the human instinct to put ‘me’ before ‘we’ and how it is impacting our society on a global scale. I discuss the connection between ‘me-ness’ to our desire to soothe our egos and confirm our beliefs and perspectives are correct. I discuss the importance of identifying when ‘me-ness’ trumps ‘we-ness’ and how it can lead to feelings of guilt and remorse. I also explain why it is critically important to recognize that many of today’s national and global obstacles are ‘we’ challenges - not ‘me’ challenges - and how banding together through these challenges is the key to finding sustainable solutions.

“‘Me-ness is fundamentally an ego-centric proposition.” - Chris Colber

This week on Insert:Human

• What the ‘me’ context is and how we use it as a protective barrier to soothe our egos while avoiding things we don’t want to do
• Understanding why we take the bait to prove our perspectives are right in an argument or disagreement
• How we assess situations through the lens of ‘me-ness’ with biases and predilections
• Why challenges and obstacles are more difficult to solve from a place of ‘me-ness’
• How the ‘me’ context is being used during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly with the mask-wearing debate
• How ‘me’ versus ‘we’ is currently showing up every day in American society
• Understanding that the challenges we face are ‘we’ challenges - not ‘me’ challenges
• How shared adversity encourages ‘we-ness’ in our society

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