“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.”
BOOKS
Difficult Conversations
By Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, & Sheila Heen
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict
By The Arbinger Institute
No More Goodbyes
By Carol Lynn Pearson
Conversions: Two Family Stories from the Reformation and Modern America
By Craig Harline
Daring Greatly
By Brené Brown
VIDEOS
Empathy
"A good friend is feeling bad. What do you do? How do you handle the situation? Do you feel sorry for them and compare what has happened to them with your own life experiences or do you listen quietly and tell them you understand? What is the better response?"
10 ways to have a better conversation
"When your job hinges on how well you talk to people, you learn a lot about how to have conversations -- and that most of us don't converse very well. Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations. 'Go out, talk to people, listen to people,' she says. 'And, most importantly, be prepared to be amazed.'" -Ted Talks
Embracing otherness, embracing myself
"Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her "otherness" — first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011." -Ted Talks
Why Facts Don't Convince People (and what you can do about it)
"Humans aren't rational creatures, but the folks at 'Social Good Now' have some ideas for what we can do about it." TedED
A conservative's plea: Let's work together
"Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so much polarization? In this talk, social scientist Arthur Brooks shares ideas for what we can each do as individuals to break the gridlock. 'We might just be able to take the ghastly holy war of ideology that we're suffering under and turn it into a competition of ideas,' he says." -Ted Talks
How to practice emotional first aid
"We'll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don’t we see a health professional when we feel emotional pain: guilt, loss, loneliness? Too many of us deal with common psychological-health issues on our own, says Guy Winch. But we don’t have to. He makes a compelling case to practice emotional hygiene — taking care of our emotions, our minds, with the same diligence we take care of our bodies." -Ted Talks