Sometimes it amazes me how items from our past can be so relevant to our current situations. History buffs out there are most likely not surprised. This video comes at a perfect time and is extremely relevant to my work and direction right now. Thank you, Chad, for reminding me to step back and consider the third option and beyond.
Chad, how timely and apropos! This has relevance in so many areas of our lives: family, work, relationships on a broad scale, the communities with which we interact. There is very little in life than can be boiled down to one of two options. Thank you for capturing that in this insightful video segment and thank you for being vulnerable enough to use a personal experience to illustrate the point! Keep it up and thank you for sharing so freely!
Yup, this question can be tweaked to "what are your options?" followed by 15 minutes of open research, a conversation with ChatGPT, and journaling out a list. All toward the goal of expanding horizons of what is possible getting out of a fixed perspective.
I would LOVE for you to expand on the great statement you made regarding "comfort with complexity." I love this. I think this is one essential key to lead with love and grace. I am curious if you could bring this forward and focus a bit on that alone. What does this look like? How do YOU use it? Where can one infuse this? As always, I admire your leadership. Thank you for all you do!
I'm curious how a venn diagram will find a third option to the issues you mentioned in the beginning of this video? What is the third option to reproductive health?
Neat parlor trick. Maybe the third option is recognizing that to sit on the fence and take a “some very fine people on both sides” approach disguised as compassion and compromise comes from a place of ultimate privilege. Yes, life is complex. Yes there are grey areas. But some things really are binary. Imagine asking Rosa Parks about the third option. Imagine asking Abraham Lincoln about the third option. Ask the kid getting the reduced price lunch about the third option. What you have had them do instead of what they did? It’s easy for you to observe and make pie charts because you’re not in it. I get your intention, I really do. I appreciate the sentiment. I believe you’re sincere in wanting to heal fractures. And at some point when we reach a place of healing the third option becomes a critically important part of that. But we’re not healing yet. We’re still hurting. We’re still fighting, some of us for the literal right to exist as ourselves without fear. If you look around, you’ll notice that ⅓ of the country would have ⅓ of the country killed while ⅓ of the country is too busy looking for and contemplating the third option to put a stop to it. Sometimes taking a stand needs to be the first option. Sometimes it needs to be the only option.
Thanks for the thoughtful response. I can see where you’re coming from, especially when it comes to core values and standing up for justice, as with Rosa Parks or Lincoln. I totally agree that there are some fights that require a firm stand without compromise. The “third option” question here is less about sitting on the fence and more about encouraging a mindset that sees complexity in a way that fosters creative solutions-solutions that can unite and expand perspectives rather than simply divide. In some cases, it may even help us bring others to the table who wouldn’t otherwise engage in conversation. The aim isn’t to avoid standing up for what matters but rather to ask, “What could help bridge the gap?” Thanks again for pushing the conversation forward.
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Great Video! Moving away from "I'm right and you're wrong" to "where can we agree?" - the 3rd option!
Sometimes it amazes me how items from our past can be so relevant to our current situations. History buffs out there are most likely not surprised. This video comes at a perfect time and is extremely relevant to my work and direction right now. Thank you, Chad, for reminding me to step back and consider the third option and beyond.
Once again, Chad you make the connection between head and heart with the 3rd option. On behalf of the universe, thank you.
So nice to start this morning with the universe's gratitude :-) Thank you!
I remember an essay by a Quaker theologian which talked about Jesus' "third way." It was exactly this way of looking at things!
Hmm. What were the other two ways?
This is a great way to expand the conversation. So timely! I may play this before we sit down for Thanksgiving dinner!
Ha! Not a half bad idea! Thankfully thanksgiving comes after the election haha.
Chad, how timely and apropos! This has relevance in so many areas of our lives: family, work, relationships on a broad scale, the communities with which we interact. There is very little in life than can be boiled down to one of two options. Thank you for capturing that in this insightful video segment and thank you for being vulnerable enough to use a personal experience to illustrate the point! Keep it up and thank you for sharing so freely!
Love this idea when working with Teens.....they don't know what they don't know so their 3rd option is often limitless!
Yup, this question can be tweaked to "what are your options?" followed by 15 minutes of open research, a conversation with ChatGPT, and journaling out a list. All toward the goal of expanding horizons of what is possible getting out of a fixed perspective.
Great video Chad. YES! How often is the 3rd option not even considered! Thank you for sharing!
Such a simple question to remind us to consider other paths before we find ourselves stuck.
Beautiful way to reframe issues. Thank you for this Chad.
I would LOVE for you to expand on the great statement you made regarding "comfort with complexity." I love this. I think this is one essential key to lead with love and grace. I am curious if you could bring this forward and focus a bit on that alone. What does this look like? How do YOU use it? Where can one infuse this? As always, I admire your leadership. Thank you for all you do!
This would be fun to unpack further! Noted.
Great video, thanks a lot, Chad!!
So glad it was useful, Cristina.
Thanks for sharing this Chad! We do forget the third option.
Glad it was helpful! Good to see you the other day during my experiment too :-)
I'm curious how a venn diagram will find a third option to the issues you mentioned in the beginning of this video? What is the third option to reproductive health?
Neat parlor trick. Maybe the third option is recognizing that to sit on the fence and take a “some very fine people on both sides” approach disguised as compassion and compromise comes from a place of ultimate privilege.
Yes, life is complex. Yes there are grey areas. But some things really are binary.
Imagine asking Rosa Parks about the third option. Imagine asking Abraham Lincoln about the third option. Ask the kid getting the reduced price lunch about the third option. What you have had them do instead of what they did? It’s easy for you to observe and make pie charts because you’re not in it.
I get your intention, I really do. I appreciate the sentiment. I believe you’re sincere in wanting to heal fractures. And at some point when we reach a place of healing the third option becomes a critically important part of that. But we’re not healing yet. We’re still hurting. We’re still fighting, some of us for the literal right to exist as ourselves without fear.
If you look around, you’ll notice that ⅓ of the country would have ⅓ of the country killed while ⅓ of the country is too busy looking for and contemplating the third option to put a stop to it.
Sometimes taking a stand needs to be the first option. Sometimes it needs to be the only option.
Thanks for the thoughtful response. I can see where you’re coming from, especially when it comes to core values and standing up for justice, as with Rosa Parks or Lincoln. I totally agree that there are some fights that require a firm stand without compromise.
The “third option” question here is less about sitting on the fence and more about encouraging a mindset that sees complexity in a way that fosters creative solutions-solutions that can unite and expand perspectives rather than simply divide. In some cases, it may even help us bring others to the table who wouldn’t otherwise engage in conversation.
The aim isn’t to avoid standing up for what matters but rather to ask, “What could help bridge the gap?” Thanks again for pushing the conversation forward.