The stories in Unlikely Teachers reveal six aspects of the successful resolution of conflict as experienced through the aikido metaphor. Interrelated and inseparable from each other, the facets correlate with how we might encounter, manage, and resolve conflict.

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Contents

ix Foreword by Thomas Crum
xi Preface: On This Planet
3 Introduction: Hidden Gifts

Part One: Resistance
13 Choosing My Self
19 Listening When It’s Not Easy
26 Unwanted Guests

Part Two: Connection
35 Becoming Each Other
41 Relax!
46 Turn Signals and Enlightenment

Part Three: Practice
53 Getting on the Mat
62 Keeping Conflict in Perspective
69 Ah, Yes … Another Sporting Event

Part Four: Discovery
77 Life Is What You Make It
82 Discovery on an Icy Bridge
90 Many Lessons

Part Five: Power
97 Beacon Street
103 Wearing the Hakama: Lessons in Leadership
108 What Is This Thing Called Ki?
117 Inventing Your Life

Part Six: Teachers
129 Where’s the Struggle?
134 Dancing with “Difficult” People
140 Unlikely Teachers
145 Thank You Very Much

151 Afterword: See You on the Mat
155 Acknowledgments
157 Permissions
159 Resources
163 About the Author


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