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The bicycle may seem a strange inclusion here: however, although humans can learn how to ride bicycles quite easily, physicists still cannot fully understand how bicycles work. Seriously. The bicycle evolved by trial and error more than by intentional design.
In all my research, I continue to return to “the moment of contact”—when we are in conversation with others. At this moment, the quality of the conversation drives the nature of the impact. At the moment of contact, conversations have the power to transform our lives. If the impact “feels good” we will open up to more interactions and grow. If the impact “feels bad” we will close down and move into protective mode. The chapters ahead will talk more about the power of conversations to trigger protection or growth.
Conversational Intelligence
Judith E. Glaser
Pursue authority by itself and you will not only end up without the authority you seek but plunged into the very kind of vulnerability you hoped to avoid. But the reverse is not true. Because God is for us in our vulnerability, because “all things are ours,” because even the ultimate vulnerability of death cannot hold us in its grip—the pursuit of vulnerability actually leads to authority and to the flourishing that comes when authority and vulnerability are combined.
Strong and Weak
Andy Crouch
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