Giving Freely - 3 views
When we give freely, we feel full and complete; when we withhold, we feel small, petty, impotent, and lacking. We are meant to learn this great truth, that giving fulfills us, while withholding and...
Being Alive - 3 views
In any given moment, I am either alive to other people's reality or I am not, and everything else - including my thinking, my values, my principles, my behavior - will depend on this pivotal issue....
The Past - 3 views
The parts of our psychological history that make a difference now do not reside in the past. They are present. It is our *presently* held story of the past that is our bondage or our freedom. (C. T...
A person - 4 views
"A person's a person, no matter how small." ― Dr. Seuss, Horton Hears a Who!
The Foundation - 2 views
The surprising, counter-intuitive core of Arbinger's foundational work: "I think I am resisting others because they have mistreated me. But the truth is: I resist others because I have mistreated t...
The Long Term - 3 views
In the long term and very often in the short one, people respond more energetically, think more clearly, work more joyfully, and build more wisely, when they put one another ahead of self. (C. Terr...
Peace - 5 views
Lasting solutions to the battles in our workplaces, homes, and battlefields will come only as we end the war in our own souls... Peace - whether at home, work, or between people - is invited only w...
Conflict - 3 views
We begin to get out of our own & each other's way in the very moment we open ourselves to each other's humanity. We have felt like we've needed to see each other as objects in order to survive, whe...
TEDxHampshireCollege - Jim Ferrell - Resolving the Heart of Conflict - YouTube - 2 views
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Joe Bennett on 26 Mar 15Excellent video - a wonderful reminder of what the principles are all about.
Being Wrong - 2 views
Why we should all admit (and embrace) being wrong: Attachment to our own rightness keeps us from preventing mistakes when we absolutely need to, and causes us to treat each other terribly. (Kathryn...
Weekly Booster Shot Video - 3 views
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Watch the week 8 video and then think about these two questions: 1. Think about a current problem we are facing as a team 2. How could I more fully involve others in the problem solving process?
No Peace - 4 views
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. (Mother Teresa)
Enlightenment - 3 views
Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life. (William Blake)
Leaders - 5 views
The most effective team leaders are servants first… they put others before themselves… they are not too important to do the unpopular jobs… they are the first to volunteer… others know they can tru...
Understanding/Overcoming - 5 views
"If you understand others you are smart. If you understand yourself you are illuminated. If you overcome others you are powerful. If you overcome yourself you have strength." ― Lao Tzu
Who We Are - 3 views
Our happiness is not necessarily a function of meeting our needs first, or at the expense of others. In fact, to address our needs in such a way is to foster unhappiness. The reality of life is tha...
Prejudice - 3 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 violence...
Aggression - 2 views
I've been studying aggression for about 30 years, and I've seen that the most harmful belief that a person can have is that they're superior to others. (Brad Bushman)
Education - 10 views
I will reflect on it, and see what I can come up with.
started by Joe Bennett on 14 Apr 15
1 follow-up, last by Brian Suszek on 14 Apr 15
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Criticism - 5 views
Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked. (Fulton J. Sheen)