What Is Dialogue?

Actively Listening

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Be Mindful Be Attentive

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As facilitators of Generative Dialogue, we teach group participants to pause and silently ask three questions prior to speaking: 

  • Have I heard what’s been said? (Understand before being understood)
  • Is it truly my turn to speak? (Am I paying attention to my Ego?)
  • Is what I am going to say in service to the group? (Will my influence help the group to learn?)

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Dialogue as a Mindfulness Practice

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If you’re like many who grew up in American households, you probably heard this suggestion quite often from your parents: “Think before you speak.”

As children, our parents and caregivers do their best to teach us how to treat others kindly and with respect. Thinking before speaking was a lesson taught to us as children to remind us that if we pause for just a moment before we say what wants to “automatically” come out of our mouths, we can make a conscious choice about what we say and thereby how we interact with others.

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