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Rick received his Bachelors degree in paper engineering from Western Michigan University and went to work out of school in sales, sales management, and business development for an international chemical firm serving the paper industry. While with this company, he returned to school to receive his Master’s of Divinity degree and became an ordained minister. He and his wife adopted a sibling group of 4 children, which facilitated his departure from corporate America and into ministry full time. Rick spent the next 10 years in new church development for his denomination during which time he received his doctoral degree in ministry also from Western Theological Seminary. In 2011, Rick returned to Corporate America where he’s employed as a Platf ...more

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Why we Demand Gratefulness: Shame

Gratefulness from Others is Driven By Our Shame

Vance wants gratitude from Ukraine

Musk wants gratitude from Trump

Trump wants gratitude from everyone (as do I!! :))

We need gratitude for the same reason we need for approval: shame. Shame finds its source, often without even our awareness, in self-hatred. Because we carry this self-hatred, we are always looking for people and things to help us

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“I also believe that the lie itself is not that you are not enough. No one is ever enough. That’s part of being human. The lie is that not being enough is a bad thing and that we must be about fixing that issue.”
― Rick Patterson, Shame Unmasked: Disarming the Hidden Driver Behind Our Destructive Decisions

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“The dilemma is/was that when we have allowed our shame to set ourselves up in a position of greatness, we are also at risk of a more horrific fall.”
― Rick Patterson, Shame Unmasked: Disarming the Hidden Driver Behind Our Destructive Decisions

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“Shame insists we must make it on our own. Pride is a defense mechanism shame uses to prevent us from acknowledging this weakness and asking for help.”
― Rick Patterson, Shame Unmasked: Disarming the Hidden Driver Behind Our Destructive Decisions

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