Solomon's Paradox

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2016

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Make Better Decisions using Solomon's Paradox
King Solomon was said to be wiser than anyone in Egypt.
What we don't hear, is that while Solomon was great at giving advice to others, he was notoriously bad at dealing with his own life issues, ultimately bringing ruin upon the kingdom.
If look closely at ourselves, we’ll see that we all have this same flaw. This behavior is so common it has been given a name — “The Solomon Paradox”.
Igor Grossman's research that founds the basis for this mini episode.

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The Tale of Two Wolves
A grandfather is talking with his grandson and he says there are two wolves inside of us which are always at war with each other.
One of them is a good wolf which represents things like kindness, bravery and love. The other is a bad wolf, which represents things like greed, hatred and fear.
The grandson stops and thinks about it for a second then he looks up at his grandfather and says, “Grandfather, which one wins?”
The grandfather quietly replies, the one you feed
The Tale of Two Wolves is often attributed to the Cherokee indians but there seems to be no real proof of this. It has also been attributed to evangelical preacher Billy Graham and Irish Playwright George Bernard Shaw. It appears no one knows for sure but this does not diminish the power of the parable.

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1:48.0	Today, I want to talk about something that's known as Solomon's Paradox.
1:54.0	King Solomon, who most of us know from the Bible, was considered to be extremely wise and have extremely great judgment.
2:02.0	It's said that during his reign, people would travel great distances to seek his counsel.
2:08.0	But it's also true that his personal life was a shambles of bad decision and uncontrolled passions.
2:16.0	He kept hundreds of pagan wives and concubines. He loved money and was constantly boastful.
2:22.0	He neglected to teach his son who grew up to be an incompetent tyrant.
2:26.0	All these misjudgments and poor decisions contributed to the eventual demise of his kingdom.
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