| I have always marveled how easy something | | | | process of dialog. |
| appears when we operate from the point where | | | | A horse's natural instinct is to react, flee any |
| competence and comfort are in harmony. | | | | perceived danger. So as the trust in our |
| What will take three minutes of your time to | | | | relationship has grown so too has the level of |
| read, reflect thoughts taking shape over many | | | | dialog. Rhys is more willing to express his opinion |
| hours. Like starting a colt, writing can put me | | | | on a situation rather than leave. As I see where |
| outside my comfort zone, so I take a deep | | | | the offer differs from a reaction it allows us to |
| breath, clear my thoughts and see what happens. | | | | align and function together, just as a team begins |
| Details that hold us back are far more about our | | | | to gel when there is a common purpose, vision |
| internal editor than others perception. In learning | | | | and understanding. |
| how the pieces make up the parts I am seeing | | | | In The Fifth Discipline, Senge suggests "In a dialog |
| how to learn, share and grow .... with grace. | | | | people become observers of their own thinking. In |
| Can you identify an action that triggered a | | | | dialog a 'kind of sensitivity' develops that goes |
| personal learning? A moment that provided a | | | | beyond what is familiar." Rhys and I are gaining |
| different perspective? | | | | that sensitivity and awareness of and for each |
| I introduced Rhys a couple of months ago, a | | | | other. |
| three year old colt that joined the herd this | | | | A dialog allows ideas to grow through participation |
| summer. While our conversations are silent, they | | | | and differing opinions. Dialog, is playful. So rather |
| have opened a whole new level of awareness on | | | | than time with Rhys being an effort they have |
| observing horse behaviours and changed my | | | | become an opportunity to engage. |
| perspective on a conversation. | | | | Indeed many of our conversations include an |
| A conversation can be a discussion where opinions | | | | opinion I'd like Rhys to agree with, but rather than |
| are presented with a goal to make a decision, or | | | | getting him to comply I try and present each |
| force an opinion or it can include dialog. Dialog | | | | action as another way to include him. A horse can |
| happens when different views are presented as a | | | | be there physically but mentally they won't show |
| means to a new understanding. It stands to | | | | up when they get pushed out of the learning |
| reason then, non-verbal communication is very | | | | zone. They may simply be going through the |
| much part of either a dialog or a discussion. If | | | | motions. |
| that is the case, then starting a colt is in fact a | | | | |