Below is a reference to some of what goes on when we listen and inquire
with appreciation.
As you suggest, "..tool(s) for acquiring insight into a person's mental
models..." is a whole discussion we can have. From my perspective, the
core issue is the capability of a person to stay present in any
relationship.
We know thru our research and the literature that our individual history
will cloud our perceptions and decisions in the moment and have us react
with our own past and ingrained "mental models".
This will potentially rob us of staying fully present in the moment.
Intentional appreciation has a physiological effect that will "entrain"
the head and heart, the fastest that I have seen (8 years of my own
scouring whats out there).
Sincere appreciation is an access code to new intelligence.
The American Journal of Cardiology
Vol 76 No. 14 November 15, 1995 Pages 1089-1093
THE EFFECTS OF EMOTIONS ON SHORT-TERM POWER
SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OF HEART RATE VARIABILITY
Rollin McCraty MS, Mike Atkinson, William A. Tiller PhD, Glen Rein PhD and
Dr. Alan D. Watkins MBBS
http://www.heartmath.org/ResearchPapers/AJC1195/AJC1195.html
Take care,
Dan
"It is the level of sincerity from the heart that will
determine the speed of actualizing anything that is exceptional"
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