by Top 20 Training | Jan 24, 2022 | Home Page Blog
Peace, or the lack of peace, is often associated with conflict. Conflict occurs when two or more people or groups compete with each other in order to get what they desire. The mules in this picture illustrate conflict. The problem with conflict isn’t conflict. The...
by Top 20 Training | Jan 18, 2022 | Home Page Blog
We have all had the experience of “My way” versus “Your way.” I say “Yes” to my way and “No” to your way. This approach tends to divide us and prevents us from discovering meaningful and beneficial possibilities. When my nephew Nick was in high school, he participated...
by Top 20 Training | Jan 11, 2022 | Home Page Blog
As we search for strategies and practices that lead towards peace, keeping an open mind appears essential. While reflecting on this, I have become aware of a strategy I have practiced so frequently that it has become a negative mental habit. That habit, which is a...
by Top 20 Training | Jan 4, 2022 | Home Page Blog
If you paged through the Minneapolis Star Tribune newspaper on New Year’s Day, you would have come upon the following headlines: Two shot at Mall of America, sending shoppers scrambling US and Russia face deep differences ahead of Ukraine talks Colorado fire victims...
by Top 20 Training | Dec 28, 2021 | Home Page Blog
2021 has certainly been a challenging year filled with all sorts of emotions. Paul Eckman, a University of California psychologist, identifies five basic emotions and how they appear in our lives: “We are hard wired for five emotions: fear, anger, sadness, disgust,...
by Top 20 Training | Dec 21, 2021 | Home Page Blog
A few summers ago, I was with my five-year-old granddaughter Emma at a Little League baseball game. As I watched the game, Emma wandered around the play area. Soon I saw her running towards me. “Grampa, look what I found,” she said as she opened her hand to show me a...
