To shine a spotlight on here and now is to go about doing what one can do now, earnestly and conscientiously.

One might also think of it as movement in which the process itself is treated as the outcome.

Such a father has probably been able to recognise his own worth only on the level of acts.

Whether we praise or rebuke others, the only difference is one of the carrot or the stick, and the background goal is manipulation.

childrearing, contributing to the local society, hobbies and all manner of other things are work.

Living in fear of one’s relationships falling apart is an unfree way to live, in which one is living for other people.

People who are incapable of carrying out the separation of tasks, and who are obsessed with the desire for recognition are also extremely self-centred.

In Adlerian psychology, there are aspects that are antithetical to normal social thinking. It denies aetiology, denies trauma and adopts teleology. It treats people’s problems as interpersonal relationship problems. And the not-seeking of recognition and the separation of tasks, too, are probably antithetical to normal social thinking.

All problems are interpersonal relationship problems.