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<P><FONT SIZE=2>G'day All</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm finding open space has hit me right between the eyes in the last four months. I'm taking initiative wherever I want to lately and am not waiting for permission; wherever that was meant to come from anyway! I'm actually doing what I want to do. Is that OK? I mean I thought I was meant to do eveything I didn't want to do! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>The big thing is I'm not intervening anymore. Getting out of the way is so freeing. I feel all my life I've been trained to get IN the way! Although I do miss out on that exhausted feeling.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I know this may sound like I'm a babbling convert here, but quite honestly if this is living open space long may it continue.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>All the best</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mike Copeland</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Chris Corrigan [<A HREF="mailto:chris@CHRISCORRIGAN.COM">mailto:chris@CHRISCORRIGAN.COM</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Saturday, 14 June 2003 5:17 p.m.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: "It always works" - revisited again</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Judi observed:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Interestingly some students who wanted to do home study and write</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>exams</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> found the course a challenge as they had to be there. One woman who</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>had a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> challenging illness found the course challenge and yet chose to stay</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> it. So, the format isn't for everyone -- quite frankly I also like</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> part of that -- more of those who "choose" to be there.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Of course that is true of everything. I often get that as a response from Open Space participants that didn't enjoy the process. I sometimes ask what it was about other processes they DID enjoy. An interesting conversation follows. Sometimes I hear about tables, but often I hear about "standard" conference or meeting settings that are more "comfortable." This is a huge learning moment. We are then able to talk about exactly what does happen in those other processes, and just where they work, and where they don't.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>At the end of the day, it often ends up that Open Space is not better or worse than anything else. Different for sure. Different isn't for everyone, and it sure shakes the foundations. OST is not a process for those who want to sleep through work or use the word "should" a lot.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Isn't it interesting how some people respond to challenges like they are external threats, and others embrace them as the internally motivated learning opportunities that they are?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Chris</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>CHRIS CORRIGAN</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Bowen Island, BC, Canada</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/osweblog" TARGET="_blank">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/osweblog</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>chris@chriscorrigan.com</FONT>
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