The leadership team we are a part of is reading together through this book, Crucial Conversations. It has been the perfect book to read because we are growing and learning together about all sorts of important things regarding have healthy, helpful, safe conversations with people. Our brother Ike recommended it to us and I think it is one of those books that everyone should read! One of the things I thought was really good is that the authors talk about how we have this false impression that if you are going to have a ‘hard talk’ with someone you either will be honest and destroy the relationship, or not say anything in order to keep peace, but that is the fools choice. In fact it is possible to be honest and still maintain relationships. Something else that they talked about is how often we lose sight of what is important when emotions get involved. We start trying to ‘win’ and make our point instead of just looking at what is the main goal of the discussion. This has been a great book for Ben and I to read in our marriage, in parenting, and in leadership. We highly recommend it!
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