Riding Elephants Creating Common Ground Where Contention Rules
Riding Elephants Creating Common Ground Where Contention Rules by Peter Altschul is an independently published work released on February 28, 2021. This 390-page book is written in English and explores the challenges of finding common ground in various aspects of life, including family, work, and faith communities. Through a series of brief essays, Altschul addresses contentious cultural conflicts and offers insights on how to navigate these issues by managing our emotions and thoughts effectively.
Readers will find a diverse range of topics covered, from family dynamics and organizational behavior to public policy and politics. Altschul draws on his personal experiences, including job interviews, raising stepchildren, and engaging in community discussions, to illustrate the potential for common ground. The essays emphasize the importance of patience, skill, and grace in fostering understanding and collaboration amidst division. This edition invites readers to reflect on their own experiences and consider how they can contribute to creating a more harmonious environment.
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How can we create common ground at home, on the job, and in faith communities? How can we work together better to address those contentious culture war conflicts that divide us?
By becoming better at riding our quirky feelings elephants through marshalling our less quirky thoughts.
This concept is explored through brief essays on topics ranging from family life, organization behavior, and music, to Christianity, public policy, and politics. These essays focus on lessons drawn from the author’s experiences interviewing for jobs, raising stepchildren, playing music, training New York City taxi drivers, watching sports, shepherding dogs, finding common ground on abortion, leading diversity programs, and loving his wife. They suggest that common ground does exist if we can find the patience, skill, and grace to create it.
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