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Doug Garland

Douglas Garland, M.D. practiced orthopedic surgery for 37 years in Southern California. Doug was also a Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Southern California.

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Charlie Kirk, Cancel Culture, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

We have been indoctrinated to see the world through a politically correct lens. Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk, Political Correctness, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/681.018051× Ancient Greek historian Herodotus and Roman historian Livy initially described TPS as politicians or those in power cutting down opposition to maintain their

Charlie Kirk, Cancel Culture, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Ildar Dadin, Courage, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome

When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into

Ildar Dadin, Courage, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Socialism and the Tall Poppy Syndrome

"What is driving the Scythe? Your Envy, Their Pride!" Doug Garland Socialism and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/963.2101591× From Harold Evans's The American Century: Between 1900 and 1910, 9 million people came from abroad, just about the entire population of the country in 1820,

Socialism and the Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Kiss - Cam, Lust, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome

Kiss Cam Lust and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/608.441× 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of

Kiss - Cam, Lust, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome
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An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy

A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. ~ Ayn Rand An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy - Steve Jobs0:00/269.41× In the foreword to Becoming Steve Jobs, Marc Andreessen discusses TPS and positions Steve Jobs as the anti-TPS archetype as

An Unapologetically True Tall Poppy
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Tall Poppy Syndrome and the Legacy of Murrow vs. McCarthy

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. Mark Twain Murrow vs McCarthy - A Tall Poppy Syndrome Case Study0:00/275.041× Journalism is rife with TPS. Reporting the truth without an agenda or bias can topple

Tall Poppy Syndrome and the Legacy of Murrow vs. McCarthy
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From Ancient Rome to Social Media: The Enduring Lessons of the Tall Poppy Syndrome

If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Sir Isaac Newton Newton's concept could be paraphrased to include "shoulders of Tall Poppies." A similar notion is to surround yourself with Tall Poppies and, by good envy, emulate them to better

From Ancient Rome to Social Media: The Enduring Lessons of the Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Hypocrisy, Harvard, Francesca Gino, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

Do as I say, not as I do. ~ John Seldon Harvards Hypocrisy and the Fall of Francesca Gino - TallPoppySyndrome.org0:00/840.81× Pride, greed, and lust form an unhappy triad of emotions found in the TP, which justifies their fall from grace (see Anatomy of the TALL POPPY

Hypocrisy, Harvard, Francesca Gino, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Self-righteousness, Karens, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I

Self-righteousness, Karens, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.
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Hamdan Ballal, Fear, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4.  Fear and the Tall Poppy Syndrome0:00/688.8481× The Seven Deadly Sins (SDS) are often found

Hamdan Ballal, Fear, and the Tall Poppy Syndrome.