Thinking Barriers

Responsible Thinking

1. Closed Thinking

Lies by omission
Not self-critical
Unreceptive
Sees others’ views as worthless

1. Open Thinking

Truthful and open
Critical of own behavior
Receptive to positive change
Sees genuine value in others

2. Victim Role

Full of self-pity
Blames others, the past, family, genes, circumstances, society
Sees self as a victim

2. Personal Accountability

Reliable, prompt, prepared
Takes responsibility for actions
Admits victimizing others

3. "I'm Okay" Self-Image "I'm not a bad person"

Focuses on personal good deeds
Refuses to admit doing harm
Denies destructive actions

3. Self Respect

Earns respect, shows gratitude
Explores alternatives, works toward solutions
Controls feelings

4. Reckless Careless Attitude

“I can’t” means “I won’t”
No obligation to others
Refuses “disagreeable” tasks
Complies only for benefits
Sees responsibility as dull, irresponsibility as exciting

4. Daily Effort

Is considerate of others
Has healthy associations
Organizes to achieve tasks
Fulfills obligations
Sees responsibility as rewarding

5. Instant Gratification “I want it now”

Expects an instant response
Makes decisions on feelings
Does not learn from the past

5. Self Discipline

Plans and builds for the future
Decides on facts, not feelings
Learns from the past and guilt

6. Fear of “Losing Face”

Has profound fear of personal insults
Refuses to admit fears (over-confident), or
Feels insecure, put-down, worthless

6. Courage over Fear

Views criticism as input
Admits fears, trusts others to help
Meets challenges without dodging

7. Power Control

Desires to control every situation
Manipulates for power and control
Refuses to cooperate (unless taking advantage of others)

7. Healthy Relationships

Chooses to let go of control
Seeks to understand others
Cooperates even when at a disadvantage

8. Possessive Attitude “It’s mine”

No respect for the rights, property or privileges of others
Sees people, places, and things as possessions
Uses sex or sexual insults for power control

8. Respect for Others

Respects the rights, property and privileges of others
Works toward win-win cooperation
Reserves sex for close meaningful relationship

9. Superior Uniqueness

Demands more of others than self
Ignores “Higher Power”
Views self as unique and better than others
Quits at first sign of failure

9. True Humility

Demands more of self than others
Acknowledges “Higher Power”
Views self as no better or worse than others
Has realistic expectations

Tactics

Trust

Tactics – Shifts Blame or Focus

1 . Attempts to confuse
2 . Points out others’ faults
3 . Builds self up by putting others down
4 . Makes a big scene over minor issues
5 . Accuses others of misunderstanding
6 . Uses anger as a way to control others
7 . Argues over “words” to avoid the real issue
8 . Introduces irrelevant issues (race/ gender)
9 . Puts others on defense by embarrassing

Trust – Earn Respect

1 . Speak clearly and truthfully
2 . Point out others’ qualities
3 . Encourage and support others
4 . Calmly endure and respond to minor issues
5 . Seek to understand more than to be understood
6 . Stay focused, calm and kind even in a crisis
7 . Listen and talk respectfully, stay on topic
8 . Point to the truth and stick to facts
9 . Avoid hurting or embarrassing others

Tactics – Lies and Deceives

10 . Deliberately vague
11 . Avoids obligations (”I forgot” or “you didn‘t tell me”)
12 . Tells what others want to hear, not the truth
13 . Omits facts, exaggerates, tells what pleases self
14 . Says “yes” or agrees without meaning it

Trust – Be Truthful and Honest

10 . Be deliberately truthful, open and honest
11 . Be considerate and reliable
12 . Share your thoughts and beliefs with humility
13 . Tell the truth wisely even if it is unfavorable to you
14 . Say it and mean it, do not flip-flop

Tactics – Ignores Obligations

15 . Does not pay attention
16 . Chooses only what is self-gratifying
17 . Refuses to communicate - silence
18 . Minimizes behavior (”no big deal, everybody does it”)
19 . Says “I’ve changed” after briefly doing one right thing

Trust – Build Trust

15 . Stay alert, focused, and do not disappoint
16 . Choose the best for everyone, not just yourself
17 . Communicate with respect for others
18 . Hold yourself to higher standards
19 . Improve steadily with patience and hope

If your life were a movie,
what would it be rated?

Generally Responsible

1. Is responsible in daily routine at home, work and socially

2. Balances hard work, fulfillment of obligations, and recreation

3. Shows genuine consideration for others

4. Earns others' respect through achievement; respects others' rights and property

5. Urges to be slack or violate may arise, but disappear with little or no effort

6. Makes choices for the good of others and self; values opinions and judgments of others

Generally Irresponsible

1. Acts semi-responsible giving many excuses

2. Unreliable, inconsiderate, late, careless

3. Routinely lies, manipulates, and intimidates to get by

4. Lazy, fails to fulfill obligations; has poor work or study habits; lacks goals or direction

5. Exhibits good behavior only when immediate benefits are at hand

6. Pits authorities against each other (parents, teachers, officers, etc.)

7. Expects to fail; is apathetic, makes incomplete attempts

Generally Unlawful

1. May act responsible when there is no alternative, but resists all the way

2. Closed, unreceptive, does not pay attention, thoughtless

3. Deceptive, secretive; thinks of self as better than others

4. Feels successful because offenses or crimes have gone undetected

5. If consequences and restraints are removed, will commit offenses previously only imagined

6. Seems “nice,” surprises many when caught in a seriously wrong act

7. Moves away to gain more freedom and avoid detection

8. Uses others; sees kindness from others as a weakness

Generally Extreme

1. Responsible only when it benefits self or takes advantage of others

2. Commits crime, uses drugs and alcohol to feel superior

3. Promotes self at others’ expense; reckless

4. Over confident, arrogant; tries to “beat the system” against all odds

5. Continually plots and focuses on selfish and criminal thoughts

6. Acts without regard for the consequences to others or self

7. Enjoys using anger to intimidate and get own way

8. Sees self as a “good” person; ignores harm done to others

9. Blames others, cries unfair, claims injustice

Terms of Service

Welcome. This website and website-application is operated by Truthought LLC. When you use this website, it means that you agree to the following terms and conditions (“Terms”). We may change these Terms, at any time, with or without notice to you, by posting the modified terms and conditions on our website or within the website-application. Your continued use of our website and/or the website-application is your consent to the modifications of these Terms. Throughout the site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Truthought LLC.

We offer our website and website-application, including all information, tools and services contained or promoted herein (collectively “Site”) to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all these Terms. By visiting our Site and/or purchasing something from us, you engage our “Service”. Any new features or tools which are added to our Site or our Service shall also be subject to these Terms. You agree that we may update, change or replace any part of these Terms by posting updates and/or changes to our Site. Your continued use of or access to the Site following the posting of any changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes. You represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your state of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

1. Accounts, Passwords and Security. To save information associated with you, you must create an account with a profile. You are responsible for taking reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of your username and password, and you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to promptly notify us of any unauthorized use of your username, password or other account information.

2. Fees and Payment. If you have selected a level of service or access that requires payment, you agree to pay our then current fees for the service or access. We may change our fees at any time, and the change will be effective on your next billing cycle. You authorize us to charge the payment method selected by you. You agree to provide and promptly update your account and payment information, including your email address and credit card numbers and expiration dates, so that we can complete your transactions and contact you as needed. We may terminate or suspend access to accounts immediately for non-payment. When you access the Site through a mobile network, your network or roaming provider’s data or other rates and fees may apply. We reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. In the event we need to change or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify you by contacting the e-mail and/or billing address/phone number provided at the time the order was made.

3. Use of the Site and Service. The information shared within the Site or the Service could be personal or sensitive to other users or group participants. You agree that you will treat other members of your group with respect. You agree that you will not use the Site or the Service: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Service or of any related website, other websites, or the Internet; (h) to collect or track the personal information of others; (i) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (j) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service or any related website, other websites, or the Internet. A breach or violation of any of the Terms may result in an immediate termination of your Services. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time. You understand that your content (not including credit card information), may be transferred unencrypted and involve (a) transmissions over various networks and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any portion of the Site or the Service.

4. Teams (Groups) and Team (Group) Leaders. If you are a group member you understand that your participation in a group may be ordered by a court or required under law. If such is the case, you agree that you will not ask to be removed or to remove yourself without good cause. If you are a group leader, you agree that you will work to maintain respectful communications between your group participants and will remove from your group anyone that engages in threatening behavior toward another group member. You understand that we are not monitoring your group. You understand that your group discussions are logged and available for review as long as your group leader chooses to keep the group discussion available and as long as your Individual, Team Leader, or Team Leader Pro Account remains active. Unless a group member’s participation is ordered by a court or required under law, group leaders you agree that you will remove a member from your group at their request. You agree to indemnify us for any claim based on activity occurring in your group.

5. Accuracy of Information. We are not responsible if third-party information is not accurate, complete or current. The material on this Site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information. Any reliance on the material on this Site is at your own risk.

6. Third-Party Content and Links. Certain content, products and services available via our Site or Service may include materials from third-parties. Third-party links on this site may direct you to third-party websites that are not affiliated with us. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read the terms and conditions of a linked site. We are not liable for any harm or damages related to the purchase or use of goods, services, resources, content, or any other transactions made through any third-party websites. Complaints, claims, concerns, or questions regarding third-party products should be directed to the third-party.

7. Member journaling, comments, feedback and other submissions. You are solely responsible for any comments you make and their accuracy. You agree that your journaling, answers to exercise questions, comments and feedback will not violate any right of any third-party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, personality or other personal or proprietary right. You further agree that your comments will not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material, or contain any computer virus or other malware that could in any way affect the operation of the Service or any related website. You may not use a false e-mail address, pretend to be someone other than yourself, or otherwise mislead us or third-parties as to the origin of any comments. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any comments posted by you or any third-party. Your group leader may, but is not obligated to, remove content that they, in their sole determination determine is unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, pornographic, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party’s intellectual property or these Terms.

Your journal and exercise answers including Active and Completed exercises are accessible to you as long as you are involved with an Individual, Team Leader, or Team Leader Pro Account. If you downgrade from an Individual, Team Leader, or Team Leader Pro Account to the FREE Account your exercise logs associated with the Individual, Team Leader, or Team Leader Pro account will be deleted including badges and certificates of training earned. Your account certificates and badges remain in effect only for the duration of your use of the associated subscriber account within the Site. Your Free account badges and certificates remain in effect for the duration of your use of an Individual, Team Leader, or Team Leader Pro account within the Site. If you downgrade to a Free Account then you lose your Individual, Team Leader, or Team Leader Pro certificates and badges and you must start from the beginning with a new subscription to Individual, Team Leader, or Team Leader Pro account to achieve certificates and badges if you want to attain them again.

8. Suggestions or Comments Regarding the Site or Service. If you send creative ideas, suggestions, proposals, plans, or other materials, whether online, by email, by postal mail, or otherwise (collectively, ‘Comments’), you agree that we may, at any time, without restriction, edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium any Comments that you forward to us. We are not and shall not be under any obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any Comments.

9. Personal Information. Your submission of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy. Generally we respect your privacy and limit the information that we collect to that which we need to fulfill your requests, provide you with information, or improve our Site and Service. To view our Privacy Policy go to the Privacy Policy link on the Site.

10. Proprietary Rights. This Site and its contents, are protected by various laws, and are the property of Truthought LLC and its vendors. You may not modify, copy, publish, display, distribute, transmit, adapt or exploit any material obtained from this site without our prior written consent. You may not remove, obscure or otherwise alter any proprietary notices appearing on any content, including copyright or trademark notices. You may not use our trademarks or service marks without our written permission.

11. Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement. If you are a third party that believes your work has been posted on our website, app or our social media accounts in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide us notice containing the following information:

A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
A reasonably sufficient description of location of the material to enable us to investigate your claim;
Your address, telephone number and email address; and
A written statement by the copyright owner that they have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized and that the information contained in the notice is accurate.

Notice of claims of copyright infringement should be provided to us at: admin@truthought.com

12. Disclaimer of Warranties; Limitation of Liability. We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our Site or Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free. You agree that from time to time we may remove the Site or Service for indefinite periods of time or cancel the Service at any time, without notice to you. You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the Site or Service is at your sole risk. The Site and Service and all products and services delivered to you are (except as expressly stated by us) provided ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ for your use, without any representation, warranties or conditions of any kind, either express or implied, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, fitness for a particular purpose, durability, title, and non-infringement. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS. THE SITE AND SERVICE ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. In no event will we, our affiliates or our partners be liable (directly or indirectly) for any losses or damages whatsoever, whether direct, indirect, general, special, compensatory, consequential, and/or incidental, arising out of your use of the Site or Service. IN THE EVENT THAT DAMAGES MAY NOT BE DISCLAIMED, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT MAY BE AWARDED IS THE LESSER OF FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00) OR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY LAW.

13. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless us and our subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, officers, directors, agents, contractors, licensors, service providers, subcontractors, suppliers, interns and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third-party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third-party.

14. Severability. Should a provision of these Terms be determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, such provision shall nonetheless be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and the unenforceable portion shall be deemed to be severed from these Terms, and such determination shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any other remaining provisions.

15. Termination. The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the termination date shall survive the termination of this agreement for all purposes. These Terms are effective unless and until terminated by either you or us. Either of us may terminate these Terms at any time by cancelling your account or subscription.

16. Entire Agreement. These Terms together with our Privacy Policy and other posted rules regarding the use of the Site and the Service constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between you and us, and may only be modified in a written agreement signed by both of us, or by our posting revised terms and conditions to the Site. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without reference to its conflicts of law rules. As a condition of your use of the Site you agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Illinois and therefore waive any objection you may have to such jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is found invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible, and the other constitutes the entire agreement provisions contained herein will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of the Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

These Terms of Service were last updated on December 29th, 2017.

Terms of Service

Create a New Team

Create a New Discussion

NEW!

Responsible Thinking

Trust