Today - 4 views
Today see if you can simply see others as people; not as objects who are an obstacle, or a vehicle or as irrelevant. Just people with the same hopes, needs, fears & anxieties you have. Today fo...
Offense Taking Not Allowed? - 6 views
One of the most common questions I am asked with respect to this material goes something like this, "But what if the other person continues to disrespect me, belittle me, be rude to me? Doesn't th...
Self Absorbtion - 8 views
"When we are caught up in it, we accuse others so as to excuse ourselves, and that makes it a judgmental way of being. We grasp at evidence that others are wrong and we are right, and that makes i...
The Corruption of Virtues - 13 views
With what I've been learning, this rings very true. The words really bring the point to life. Well stated.
started by Joe Bennett on 15 May 13
3 follow-ups, last by Michael Frink on 16 May 13
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Feeling Justified - 6 views
"We can't feel justified in witholding kindness from others unless we find, or invent, some reason why they deserve it - some deficiency or despicable characteristic that requires us to ignore or c...
The Diminishment of Others - 7 views
"We seek this diminishment of others and our own elevation not because of any wrongs they many be doing to us. We do it because of the wrongs we are doing to them. Our demeaning, judgmental, and ...
The Effects of Self-Betrayal - 7 views
1. To take up a hard, resentful attitude toward others is to have to live in a resented world, a world full of people who oppose and threaten us. How they are in our eyes is reflective of how we a...
What Do I Do Next? - 5 views
Answer: Do the Collaboration Diagram. What is your impact on others? We now offer an implementation process that can be used once you've had the training.
Collaboration - 4 views
Where's your focus: 1. On others impact on you? or 2. Your impact on others? Think in the 4 directions of your work - Customer, Co-worker, Employee & Manager. If we are going to move the needle o...
The Invisible Curtain - 4 views
"Don't give up on anybody ... or leave anybody out ... My continuing passion is to part a curtain, that invisible veil of indifference that falls between us and that blinds us to each other's pres...
Going to War - 5 views
"Sometimes we might be forced to defend ourselves, you're exactly right. But that is a different thing than saying that we are forced to despise, to rage, to denigrate, to belittle. No one can fo...
Difficult Problems - 2 views
"So if we are going to find lasting solutions to difficult conflicts or external wars we find ourselves in we first need to find our way out of the internal wars that are poisoning our thoughts, fe...
The Effect of Collusion - 5 views
I'm beginning to see that we can come at a problem from an "out-of-the-box" way of being, but if we have a problem statement that frames the problem from an "in-the-box" perspective we wind up solv...
started by Joe Bennett on 03 May 13
2 follow-ups, last by Joe Bennett on 03 May 13
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Confession Part 2 - 3 views
Question: What happens when you start a sentence with, "I'm sorry"? Answer: Peace
Seeing each other as objects - 2 views
"If we start seeing each other as objects, we'll get to the point where we'll need to see each other as disagreeable rather than as simply disagreeing. Once that happens, we'll end up provoking ea...
Confession - 3 views
It sure is. Everyday we have to be present in order to make it work.
started by Joe Bennett on 02 May 13
1 follow-up, last by Brian Suszek on 02 May 13
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Getting Out - 2 views
It sounds so simple, until you realize that you will be repeating these three steps for a lifetime.
started by Joe Bennett on 01 May 13
1 follow-up, last by Brian Suszek on 01 May 13
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Prejudice - 1 views
"Prejudice ... means we don't see the other human being anymore, but only our own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of viol...
Getting Out? - 2 views
When I feel stuck in any given relationship, the key to getting out is to find the out-of-the-box vantage points within me from where I can think and feel clearly - out-of-the-box places that I hav...
How To Get Out of the Box - 0 views
A quick review: 1. Recognize your Red Flags 2. Find an out of the box space 3. With your new perspective ponder the situation differently 4. Go do the thing you feel led to do for the other person...
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