“If people have a position on something and you try to argue them into changing it, you’re going to strengthen that position. If you want to change people’s ideas, you shouldn’t try to convince them intellectually. What you need to do is get them into a situation where they’ll have to act on ideas, not… Read more »
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William Ury
“Getting along is not the absence of conflict, but the strenuous processing of conflicting needs and interests.” Steps to win-win solutions have become a centerpiece in my own workshops to train peace activists. Ury and Roger Fisher’s 1981 book, Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, put this process together in such a clear… Read more »
ABD-AR-RAHMAN III (891-961) and AL-HAKAM II (915-976)
During the reigns of Abd-ar-Rahman III and his son Al-Hakam II two “Golden Ages” occurred: The Golden Age of Arab rule in Iberia and The Golden Age of Jewish culture in Spain. During the half-century reign of Abd ar-Rahman (also sometimes written as Abd al-Rahman), Islamic Spain rose to its grandest and most prosperous era…. Read more »
A.T. Ariyaratne
A.T. ARIYARATNE (born 1931) “We build the road — and the road builds us.” Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne, better known as A.T. Ariyaratne, stands the trickle-down approach on its head. He advocates for and practices “development from the bottom up.” Ariyaratne has an academic background, but he has put his beliefs into practice to… Read more »