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HARD-WIRED FOR COLLABORATION: PHYSICAL TOUCH INCREASES PERFORMANCE

Physical touch stengthens creative problem solving and performance. In Born To Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life (Norton, 2009), Dacher Keltner cites research indicating that simply giving a reassuring physical touch (a high-five, a chest bump, a shoulder pat) can increase performance on the basketball court, in intimate relationship, in the classroom, everywhere! Humans are wired to seek collaborative effort to "share the load" of problem solving.

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TRANSITION TOWNS: LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR GLOBAL CHANGE

The Transition Town movement is an example of bottom-up empowerment, local community organization for global climate change. Political action and emotional growth and support are combined with conflict resolution skill training, so that Head, Heart, and Hands are all enlisted in common cause. Listening/Focusing Communities are one model of peer support that could be incorporated into Transition Towns.

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CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN BUSINESSES: TEACHING INTERPERSONAL FOCUSING

The Creative Edge Organization model from Creative Edge Focusing (TM) includes the Interpersonal Focusing method, often with a Third Person Listening Facilitator, for the resolution of interpersonal conflicts. Intuitive Focusing and Focused Listening skills are used, either in a separate session or right during a Collaboration Edge Decision Making Meeting. How do you teach Interpersonal Focusing in a business or organization, especially if there are not evident conflicts present? Free download of Interpersonal Focusing Chapter, as well as creative ideas for teaching.

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“WHY CRY?” PART 4: CRYING FOR A VISION, OPENING OUR EYES TO TRUTH

David Michael Levin's book, The Opening of Vision, and particularly the Chapter "Crying For A Vision," is discussed as pointing to the importance of crying in allowing us to experience truth, to be touched and moved, to experience care and compassion, to "see" what must be seen and to act accordingly.

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WWW.CHANGE.ORG: VOTE FOR TOP TEN AGENDAS FOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING DEPARTMENT OF PEACE, EMPATHY INITIATIVE, SUSTAINABILITY, ETC.

Easy way to vote for your top ten agendas to be delivered to Obama on inauguration day, especially the Empathy/Non-Violent Communication Initiative and the Department of Peace.

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INTUITIVE FOCUSING: “FELT SENSE’ OF A SITUATION DISCLOSES LIFE MEANING AND DIRECTION

Using Intuitive Focusing to pay attention to a strong positive emotional experience of "being touched" in a situation can lead to finding words and images for core spiritual and life-directing meanings, leading to a clear action path ahead.

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