Hello, and welcome to week two of the course on positive interventions theory,
research, and practice.
Last week, we conducted a thought experiment together.
We imagined a genie offering to transform us into superheroes.
This genie offered us a choice of two capes.
A red cape would give us powers to fight against the things we don't want
in the world, poverty, injustice, hunger, violence.
And the green cape would give us powers to help grow the things we do want harmony,
understanding, meaning, and justice.
We concluded from our thought experiment, that both the red cape and
the green cape are important for well-being.
So, we would really need to have a reversible cape to flourish.
I pointed out though, that most of us tend to overuse the red side of that reversible
cape, because human beings are wired to be very sensitive to danger.
This is important for our survival, but it's also very important for
us to be attentive to opportunities.