Dr. Peter Fuda [Archive.org URL]

Next time you find yourself in a crisis moment, ask this question: what is the best outcome from here? Firstly, those around you will likely go into shock. We are not used to hearing an intelligent, helpful question in a crisis situation. Once they get over their shock, it will work for three reasons: It assumes that there actually is an outcome; It focuses everybody on the solution rather than self-protection, and; Perhaps more importantly, it includes an acceptance of the situation. You may not like where here is, but you don’t waste any energy pretending it hasn’t happened. You can follow this question with two more: “What are the next steps we can take on our path to the outcome?” and “What help do you or we need?”

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