A Positive Approach

We’ve sometimes heard from people who say that The Humanity Project is a great idea – but then they add that, hey, many folks just don’t want to think about self-doubt in order to change it in themselves. We’re reminded that many men and women want to completely avoid confronting this problem. We understand this natural tendency, of course. But we want to remind you that The Humanity Project’s approach is not to force anyone to look at anything they don’t want to look at. We’re not about making you feel bad. Rather, we’re all about making you feel good. Our basic message isn’t really negative: “You’ve got a problem!” What we’ve been trying to say for months is just the opposite: “You DON’T have a problem! There’s nothing wrong with you at all!”

It’s a fine line, isn’t it? It seems important to point out the cause of distress in many people’s lives, this tendency toward self-doubt. But we’re trying to make clear that this tendency is only based on a misperception of ourselves as individuals. As we grow up, we learn to believe we are somehow deeply flawed, that we’re not good enough. That is simply inaccurate – NO human being is “not good enough” or “wrong.” And that’s our group’s real focus: to point out that we are each a human being like every other, first and foremost, and only after that are we each unique in special ways. We are more alike than unlike each other. That’s good news because it means that the great basic qualities that humans have always demonstrated are also within each of us today, including the ability to control the direction of our lives and to better understand ourselves. That’s the good news of The Humanity Project. That’s our positive message. Stay tuned … because we’re working out some exciting new ideas to help communicate this message in the near future.