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		<title>Presence for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/12/presence-for-the-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve come to appreciate that the holidays present all kinds of opportunities for high-heat moments &#8212; awkward social events, challenging family gatherings, stressful retail encounters.  One of my friends feels so anxious about her family&#8217;s yearly holiday gathering that she literally gets ill during the weeks leading up to it.
Last weekend my friend and colleague Sam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When 1% Makes a World of Difference</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/09/when-1-makes-a-world-of-difference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have amazing clients but 1% for the Planet stands out as an organization with a truly inspiring mission.  In fact, I was so inspired after facilitating 1%&#8217;s annual Board Retreat in 2008 that I became a member.  That puts Blue Wing in good company with other high-integrity companies like Patagonia, New Belgium Brewing, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Skillful Conversation Matters Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately my work in teaching and facilitating skillful conversation has felt more urgent.  I think that some of this urgency has to do with a number of pronounced and disturbing trends I see in American society.

We are a country that is increasingly polarized.  Partisan politics and economic disparities divide us more and more.
Public discourse at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading from Center</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/08/leading-from-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Standing in the Fire I explore what it means to locate and cultivate the place within each of us from which wise choice and deliberate action comes.  People have referred to this place as center, true self, presence, and inner wisdom. Whatever we choose to call it, I believe it is emerging as a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Heart Skills to Conflict</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/08/bringing-heart-skills-to-conflict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I believed that the key to resolving a difficult conflict was to help the disputants arrive at logical conclusions to which they could agree.  I tried to help people think their way through differences and negotiate compromise based on a rational definition of fairness. Over the years I have come to appreciate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Lessons from the Vegetable Garden</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/07/leadership-lessons-from-the-vegetable-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last summer as strolled through my garden I could see that the leaves of all my green bean plants were turning yellow. So I watered them, fertilized them, and hoed the weeds away. But they just got worse and worse. Then one day I got down on my knees and sat eye to eye with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Facilitator Who is Shaken and Stirred</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/07/one-facilitator-who-is-shaken-and-stirred/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend and colleague Gibran Rivera recently returned from Guatemala where he masterfully facilitated a &#8220;think tank&#8221; for Reading Village.  He describes himself as &#8220;shaken up&#8221; from his experience.
It&#8217;s so easy to think about our facilitative role as a &#8220;detached and neutral party.&#8221; But Gibran reminds us &#8212; and I can certainly say from first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying True to Yourself</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/06/staying-true-to-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in an age of compromise.  We&#8217;ve learned  to be practical and to make concessions &#8212; not a bad thing. But there are times when compromise becomes a trap. It becomes a rationale for doing what is convenient, comfortable, and expedient at the cost of our integrity. &#8220;Let&#8217;s compromise&#8221; can at times become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Evolution of Empathy</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/05/the-evolution-of-empathy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 14:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written a lot about compassion and empathy as leadership capacities &#8212; particularly in high-stakes, polarized, high-emotion situations.
Ever wonder how we humans developed the capacity for empathy?  Got ten minutes? Bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation and Neuroscience</title>
		<link>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/05/mindfulness-emotion-regulation-and-neuroscience/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.larrydressler.com/2010/05/mindfulness-emotion-regulation-and-neuroscience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 17:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Dressler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the core practices for everyday readiness that I write about in my book, Standing in the Fire is mindfulness meditation. I and several of the veteran leaders and facilitators I interviewed have used mindfulness meditation to cultivate calm and clarity &#8211; especially in preparation for high-heat meetings.
According to researchers at UCLA people who [...]]]></description>
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