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Summary: Harness the incredible power of conflict.
Review: As professional personal coach I found Gary Simmon's book both helpful and reassuring. We are raised to see conflict as a negative force. His book shows us why it is a positive element in our lives and he us gives practical advice on how to capitalize on this often unrecognized blessing. It is reassuring to know that when we are in conflict we have the opportunity to grow and change for the better and that we do this by working with the energy of the conflict rather than by "fighting back". I highly recommend it for all who want to harness power of conflict for their own personal growth.
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Summary: YES to embracing conflict!!!!
Review: conflict has been challenging for me all my life...i wonder if it hasn't for anyone! reading gary's book has been such a gift, for not only does he remind me that all conflict begins within me, he also shows me that its cause is a sense of brokeness within myself and that it is simply an invitation for revealing wholeness. wholeness that already is within me, but just hasn't been discovered yet. and now the adventure begins; not one of judging my brokeness, but of disovering and experiencing and expressing my wholeness. and not just in my personal life, but also in my work life. i can't wait!!!! this is a must read for everyone....i can only imagine if we all practiced the principles that gary presents in this book......
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Summary: Learn How to Embrace Conflict to Realize Fuller Living
Review: Gary Simmons book, "I of the Storm" is a must read. In learning how to embrace conflict, Gary offers the tools for embracing fuller living and for living a life of true peace. It is presented with exercises that help you to move from the idea of it to the practice of it. This is excellant resource for those interested in material which ignites and supports transformational personal growth.
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Summary: Learn How to Embrace Conflict to Realize Fuller Living
Review: Gary Simmons book, "I of the Storm" is a must read. In learning how to embrace conflict, Gary offers the tools for embracing fuller living and for living a life of true peace. It is presented with exercises that help you to move from the idea of it to the practice of it. This is excellant resource for those interested in material which ignites and supports transformational personal growth.
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Summary: Non-resistance
Review: I love the way Gary uses his martial arts background to demonstrate the power of non-resistance. It is only when we are willing to look at our role in conflict that we can work toward a solution that serves all. Great material in the wake of 9/11.
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Summary: Great God Almighty, Peace at Last!
Review: I used to have some really bad road rage, peptic ulcers, a fondness for Smith and Wesson, a collection of Schwarzenegger movies, a craving for red meat, a facial tic, and a little vein that always pulsed right at my temple. Then I read this book. Now I hang out with Franciscan monks and grow turnips for the homeless. Of course the thorazine may also have something to do with it....Seriously, the ideas in this book are the most helpful about conflict resolution I've ever encountered. Gary puts his martial arts and ministerial/spiritual background to excellent use. He boils it all down to it's essence of personal responsibility in a way that not only makes sense, but makes it easy to swallow, get a handle on, and use. So buy it and give it to everybody in your life that ticks you off! No seriously, read it and use it, and then all those people will wonder what the heck you got that they don't. Really.
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Summary: Conflict and non-conflict:..Each is within us
Review: It often appears that conflict is the norm and that there's no way to avoid it. We see this in our personal lives and in the entire world around us. We see it on TV and in the movies. We hear it in a lot of popular songs. We read about it in the newspapers. However, there is an alternative to all this lying within each individual. Careful reading of Gary Simmons' book should help one understand the how and why of this conflict, and how to embrace, rather than resist, it and thus learn the effective way to deal with it. This isn't Pollyana stuff. The author teaches martial arts, and his teaching comes from strength, not from timidity and passiveness. For those who are super serious in their desire to deal effectively with conflict, I recommend buying the tape EMBRACE TIGER, RETURN TO MOUNTAIN, along with this book. However, if you're not ready for that, than go for the book itself.
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Summary: Conflict and non-conflict:..Each is within us
Review: It often appears that conflict is the norm and that there's no way to avoid it. We see this in our personal lives and in the entire world around us. We see it on TV and in the movies. We hear it in a lot of popular songs. We read about it in the newspapers. However, there is an alternative to all this lying within each individual. Careful reading of Gary Simmons' book should help one understand the how and why of this conflict, and how to embrace, rather than resist, it and thus learn the effective way to deal with it. This isn't Pollyana stuff. The author teaches martial arts, and his teaching comes from strength, not from timidity and passiveness. For those who are super serious in their desire to deal effectively with conflict, I recommend buying the tape EMBRACE TIGER, RETURN TO MOUNTAIN, along with this book. However, if you're not ready for that, than go for the book itself.
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Summary: Let Peace Begin With Me
Review: Many readers will be familiar with the "Peace Song," which acknowledges that for peace to be established between countries and peoples, it must first begin in the hearts and minds of each one of us, and then be fostered in our relationships within the family and neighborhood and workplace. Gary Simmon's book "The I of the Storm" provides practical steps for using the dynamics of conflict as an energy for positive change in these relationships. Simmons is an International PeaceWorker Manager, whose book and trainings provide a spiritually-centered investigation of how we can learn to accomplish the right thing rather than remaining self-righteous about being "in the right." Simmons claims a mountain of trial-and-error experience behind his topic, admitting that he has been "a serial relationship killer" who has many "past wife experiences." His humor is rivaled only by his compassion for the difficulty of human experience, as the reader of this wonderful and easy-to-read book will discover. It doesn't take much thought to recognize that discovering how to "do" peace is a prime need for the human race today! Terrorism begins in our hearts and minds, too -- so to end terrorism out in the world, the angry and vengeful thoughts that stem from a sense that there is only one right way to be must be halted in each of us. Simmons gives us a way to get a good start on changing the way we see what we normally think of as reality.
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Summary: I of the Storm
Review: The I of the Storm is a wonderful look at where conflict fits in our life and how to embrace it is a positive way. The Author uses excellent examples and powerful illustrations to help us put in perspective our own challenges and in doing so transform a negative experience into a positive outcome. I would very much recommend this book.
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