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Difficult Conversations: The Art and Science of Working Together
"According to a recent survey, if you're a democrat, theres a 60 percent
chance that you view the Republican Party as a threat to the United
States, and a 40 percent chance that you regard it as "downright evil."
If you're a republican, the same odds apply to your perceptions of the
Democratic Party. These are telling statistics, a warning that we've lit
a fire under our divisive tribal tendencies and put our democracy at
risk. More than that, weve put all future generations at risk by failing
to come together to address our critical social, economic, and
environmental challenges. 'Difficult Conversations' offers a framework
for finding common ground and healing our divide. It does this by
offering a new set of 'survival' strategies" that counter the
instinctual fight, flee, or freeze survival drive reaction that
difficult conversations often trigger." Author Kerne Beare shares more
about the three key strategies here.
