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HOWbsp;WEADDRESShestchallenges?Howbsp;webreakthroughourstentaubsp;proble?Howbsp;wecreatesocialge?
IhavespeentyyearsseargforaothesequestionsMyworkhasbeeeaofleadersbsp;togetherfronbsp;acrossagivensocialsystenbsp;toaddressaparticurchalleallofthenbsp;wanttoresolvebutthathenbsp;bsp;resolvealoneMyrolehasbeenasadesigner,facilitator,andahesepractibsp;socialgeprojectsIhaveiersedselftheseitiatives,andatthesatihavepaidattentiontopengaroundandside
Ihavehadtheprivilegeofthisway,alongsidelleagues,withallkdsoftea,onallsortsofchallenges,allpartsoftheworldWehaveworkedtheUates,tokecitieshealthierandrelivable;ada,toeleratetheshifttoalow-carboneo;Coloia,tocreateequitabledevelopntadtuedporization;Guate,toilentthepeabsp;ordsthatehecivilwar;acrossEuropeandtheAricas,tokefoodsupplysrestaable;Israel,todealwithwidengculturandideologibsp;schis;SouthAfribsp;toaddresscritibsp;developntalissuesthetransitionfronbsp;apartheid;India,toredubsp;childlnutrition;thePhilippes,tounblobsp;apolitibsp;stalete;andAtralia,toeffebsp;long-deyedreciliationbeeenabandnonabalpeople
Theseexperienbsp;havegivenanup-frohedynabsp;ofsocialgeatnylevels:dividual,group,ity,societyIhavebeeensofdiversetea;wtogetherovernthsandyears;engaggheads,hearts,andhandsIhavehadtheopportunityarticipatebsp;triandbsp;errorandbsp;learngIhaveworkedsidebysidewithrerkablegeagents,socialentrepreneurs,andactivists,andbeeoobserve,fronbsp;bothoutsiderandsiderperspectives,whaorksandwhatdoesn'tBasedonthesefirsthandexperiences,IhavewrittenthisbooktosharewhatIhavelearhotherswhoaretrygtocreatesocialge
Overtheseentyyears,IhavedeodisveriesIreportedthefirstonefiveyearsagoSolvgToughProble:AnOpenWayofTalkg,Listeng,agiesInthatbookIcdedthatthekeytnewsocialrealitiesistoopenourselvesupandebsp;toourowntrueselves,tooher,andtoourtextandwhatitdendsof
Fiveyearsandnyexperienbsp;ter,Ibsp;seethatthiswasright,butonlyhalfright,anddangerolyso
PowerandLovepibsp;uhereSolvgToughProbleleftoffastheseddisveryIoaddresshestchallenges,westdeedebsp;butthisisnotenough:westalsogrowInotherwords,westexercisebothlove(thedrivetounity)andpower(thedrivetoself-realization)Ifwechooseeitherloveorpoillgetstubsp;re-creatgexistgrealities,orworseIfwewanttocreatenewaerrealities-atho,aork,ourities,theworld-weolearnhowtoieourloveandourpower
PowerandLoveisbothpractibsp;andpersonalManyresearchers-acrosspolitibsp;sbsp;peabsp;studies,,neuro-biology,sociology,psychology,philosophy,theology-haveedavarietysandvocaburiesotouttheiortanbsp;ofpowerorloveorbothThepurposeofthisbookisnottoreiterateorreviewthesespecializedtheories,buttoexplenerandpractibsp;websp;workwithpowerandlovetoaddresshestchallengesFurtherre,Ihavenotstructeduandgofthesephenonaoutofthesetheories,butsteadoutofsiftgthroughandtrygtokesenseofownstfgandchallenggexperienbsp;ofsocialge
YearsagoIwasazedwhehefirstpagesofthesedvoofLawrenbsp;Durrell'sheAlexandriaQuartetBalthazarhandsDarley,thenarrator,therked-upncriptofDarley'sfirstvo:"apapernowsearedandstarredbyassiveterlearofsentences,paragraphsaion-rks"ThesedvotheoretearadicallydifferentterpretationofthesaeventsthatDarleyhaddescribedthefirstone,ahirdandfourthvosdothesaagafronbsp;oadditionalperspectives
Manytisdurgthepastentyyears,IhavebeenhaernativeterpretationsofownstoriesIanbsp;vgalongfidently,andthensobodysayssothgthatshowsthgsarenotatallthewayIthktheyareThroughsubsp;discipledre-viegofownexperiences,Ihavegraduallybuiltupuandgofthedynabsp;ofsocialge
Thebookbegswith"Introdu:Beyondeace,"whibsp;suarizeswhatIhavelearnedChapter1,"TheTwoSidesofPower,"andChapter2,"TheTwoSidesofLove,"describetheseofundantaldrivesthatgeesocialgeChapter3,"TheDileaofPowerandLove,"expswhyweotchoosebeeenthesedrivesbutstfdawaytoreciletheChapter4,"Fallg,"Chapter5,"Stulg,"andChapter6,"Walkg,"youtaprogressionofthreedesofeloygpowerandlove-fronbsp;thestporizedandstubsp;tothestiedandfid-wllectivelytoeffebsp;socialgeIn":ToLeadMeanstoStepForward,"Isuggestawaytoworkdividuallythroughthissaprogression,fronbsp;fallgtostulgtowalkg,andsobebsp;recapableofaddressghestchallenges