Sublime

Ireland. She is moved by his conviction that a central piece of the practice of leadership is “helping people to see the contradictions in such a way that they can discover what is in everybody’s best interest”—what Heifetz describes as “recognizing the gap that signals adaptive work.”

we have to do a substantial amount of spiritual training and develop a basic store of the inner resources of wisdom, compassion, and mindfulness before we enter the fray and take up the exhausting and the always dangerous work of peacemaking and Kindom-building.

Love’s goal is to develop healthy relationships which naturally inspire cooperation. With these relationships in place, children are more likely to choose to improve their behavior and are more amenable to learning social skills. Conflict occurs when you proceed without first eliciting cooperation.