Peace Skills: Swim with the Dolphins, Not with the Sharks

By Sharon Sarles

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965777030
• ISBN13: 9780965777032
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Organizational Strategies
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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PEACE SKILLS: SWIM WITH THE DOLPHINS, NOT WITH THE SHARKS gives an unprecedented approach to improving interpersonal relations, both individual and group-based. The author, Sharon Sarles, holds graduate degrees in sociology and divinity, and has spent years serving as an organizational consultant in corporate and ecumenical settings. She has managed to coalesce the many elements of people dealing with each other into a clear and rational system of personality types, group dynamics, and techniques for successfully navigating the waters.The book covers topics such as: listening, assertiveness, working together, conflict, resolution of conflict, group skills, improving group interactions, and self-protection. Anecdotes and examples make the information and techniques interesting and easy to understand. But there is a higher level in the book, which is introduced at the beginning, deepened at the end, and woven throughout--personal peace. The process of creating and maintaining "peace within" is radiantly explained and connected to the larger picture of group peace and the divine.She says, "...seek the true peace that is based upon truth and truth-telling, respect and non-harm. Truth is the foundation for real peace. Truth without peace is not fully truth. Truth must include many others' truths. It is our own perspective that must expand. It is our faith and determination that must grow. We must have faith to swim with the dolphins; determination to walk on our own two feet."Sharon Sarles takes a spiritual and practical look at human interaction and teaches us a great deal about truth, peace, ourselves, and each other.