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Speak Out, Listen Up, 2nd Edition
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Speak Out, Listen Up, 2nd Edition

by Megan Reitz, John Higgins
April 2024
Beginner to intermediate
250 pages
5h 28m
English
FT Publishing International
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Chapter 9

SEVEN COMPASS POINTS ON THE WAY TO TRUTH

A group of four people, each with a callout, are discussing. A man approaches the group from a distance with a seven points compass in his hand.

Every moment we are with others, in person or virtually, we make choices about what to say and what not to. Whether to say it like it is, deliver a politically motivated point, enthusiastically speak out with an idea, or remain silent. We make choices about when to listen and when not to. Whether to empathise, intently learn, ignore, daydream, judge or prepare our next statement.

Over time, these choices form patterns and create habits. Collectively, our individual habits coagulate and form cultural norms, political games, safe processes and dangerous ones, opportunities for creative insight ...

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ISBN: 9781292736150