Reviews for The art of Sylvia Plath: a symposium

The average rating for The art of Sylvia Plath: a symposium based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-11-28 00:00:00 Patricia F Cieplinski Book for a class on Communication and Conflict. A little dry at points, but otherwise a pretty interesting and thorough look at conflict - why it happens, how it happens, and how best to handle it. I definitely learned a lot.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-28 00:00:00 Mitra Conroy One of my favorite and most useful books on communication CARING ENOUGH TO CONFRONT 1. CARE-FRONTING: The Creative Way Through Conflict Speaking the Truth in Love CONFRONTATION MATCHED WITH CARING 2. TRUTHING IT: A Simplified Speech Style Speak the Truth Be Truthful Act Truly 3. OWNING ANGER: Let Both Your Faces Show 1. "I AM A PERSON" 2. "I DEMAND YOU RECOGNIZE & RESPECT ME" 4. INVITING CHANGE: Careful Confrontation CARING COMES FIRST, THEN COMES CONFRONTATION 1. FOCUS ON ACTION NOT ACTOR 2. FOCUS ON DESCRIPTIONS NOT JUDGMENTS 3. FOCUS ON QUANTITY NOT QUALITY 4. FOCUS ON IDEAS, INFORMATION, & ALTERNATIVES not ADVICE & ANSWERS 5. FOCUS ON AMT USEFUL TO THE RECEIVER not ON AMT AVAILABLE WITHIN YOU AS THE GIVER 6. FOCUS ON "WHAT" & "HOW" not "WHY" 7. FOCUS ON BEST TIME FOR RECEIVER not YOUR BEST TIME 8. FOCUS ON OBSERVATIONS not CONCLUSIONS GUIDELINES 1. CARINGLY 2. GENTLY 3. CONSTRUCTIVELY 4. ACCEPTANTLY 5. CONFRONT CLEARLY WHAT IS FACT (OBSERVATION) WHAT IS FELT (EMOTION) WHAT IS HYPOTHESIS (INTERPRETATION) 5. GIVING TRUST: A Two-Way Venture of Faith TRUST BASIC TO ALL LEARNING TRUST THE CORE TO ALL HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS 6. ENDING BLAME: Forget Whose Fault PROBING FOR SHAME GUARANTEES DEFEAT FOCUS ON PRESENT RESPONSIBILITY AND FUTURE 7. CASE DISMISSED: Reclaiming the Gavel GIVING and RECEIVING OF CONFRONTATION MUST HAPPEN IN CONTEXT OF GOOD WILL, NOT CONDEMNATION - BEING ON TRIAL WHEN YOU ARE OFF TRIAL YOU TREAT OTHERS AS EQUALS AS WELL NOW, ARE YOU WILLING TO ACCEPT LOVE? ACCEPT GRACE? 8. GETTING UNSTUCK: Experiencing the Freedom to Change WOULD ANOTHER LIVE YOUR LIFE BETTER? CAN'T CHANGE? -> CONTROLLED BY FATE? CHANGE, STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE! BY ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY REPENTANCE=ACTING RESPONSIBLY 9. PREJUDICE: What Has it Done for You Lately? OBJECTIONS DON'T HOLD UP: IT'S NOT BIBLICAL, IT'S NOT PRACTICAL, IT'S WRONG FOR THE CHILDREN PREJUDICE SMACK IN THE FACE OF: " WE ARE ONE IN CHRIST" 10. PEACEMAKING: Getting it Together Again PEACEMAKERS ARE PEOPLE OF CONSCIENCE WITHOUT CONSCIENTIOUS WISDOM, HUMAN BEINGS BECOME INHUMAN PEACEMAKING IS JESUS' KIND OF LOVE CARING ENOUGH TO CONFRONT by David Augsburger 1973