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Article By Thomas Köttner
Why dialogue
Life is the process of becoming who we are, and each of us is a specific and worthy facet of this big Diamond we are altogether.
We forget this uniqueness within the whole, because our system tells us that we have to compete for something scarce, we are made to think that we need to struggle to get those things that rely on scarcity to become interesting in the economy based society.
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But life is so much more than that competition, and by getting lost we forget all the gifts and benefits we are given every day, most of which are actually for free, from an economic perspective.
Curiously, the more we become who we are, the more specific and valuable contribution we generate for our organizations and society.
Know Thyself is to me the most relevant advice in history, yet how do you know yourself if it is not in how you relate with your surroundings, your circumstances, your fellow humans, groups and teams?
What can you learn about yourself if you are not in paths and journeys that make you think, feel, enquire, discover what happens to you in different contexts?
What do you generate or provoke in other people’s life, perceptions and worldviews? And what happens to you with what they create, propose and generate?
This is where your awareness arises and you become more connected with yourself and your way of Being in the world.
Dialogue is creating meaning through the word.
Dialogue is the relational and conversational way that allows you to go deeper, into the realms of your beautiful essence, into the worthwhile realms of exploration and discovery, into the adventure of being yourself…mind, heart, soul and spirit aligned in harmony.
Dialogue allows us to think together and create new meanings that enlighten our decisions, choices and actions into the future.
After many years of executive coaching at senior corporate level, I have understood that the fundamental struggle we go through is the distance that exists between who we feel we are, and the poses we have to play in each of our roles.
So many exploratory conversations with uncountable, yet unique individuals, in their different roles of corporate senior executives, parents, friends, wives and husbands, sons, caretakers and the many demanding spaces we find ourselves in, allowed me to understand that deeper dialogue is where understanding, calmness, joy and inspiration arise from.
Dialogue is about openness, curiosity, listening, understanding, and that kind of fulfillment which we call happiness.
Dialogue is the kind of conversation in which we bind together our disperse knowledge bites, and start connecting the dots for understanding, mainly the kind of understanding that brings wisdom in the smooth way a wave lands on the beach.
You are invited and welcome to join the Dialogic Journey that will deliver your resources for a more effective life, in all its different realms, by making the choices and decisions that are aligned with who you essentially are.
