{"id":1638,"date":"2014-05-12T16:04:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T20:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/?page_id=1638"},"modified":"2025-05-05T16:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:08:52","slug":"connecting-mindset","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/connecting-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"The Connecting Mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Do No Harm users talk about the mindsets that influence and shape our behaviors in ways that, in turn, influence and shape our impacts on any context. These are the \u201cdividing mindset\u201d and the \u201cconnecting mindset\u201d. Every person who intervenes in any context may choose which mindset to embody. The choice is the basis for effective, positive impacts or ineffective and negative impacts. It is an essential choice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Connecting Mindset<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The connecting mindset looks for and emphasizes collaboration, equality, and responsibility. As the lessons on Connectors show us, even in violent conflicts, individuals collaborate and care for each other; some systems and beliefs connect people rather than divide them. When interveners operate out of a connecting mindset, they exhibit positive patterns of behavior. Their behaviors present messages that run counter to conflict narratives and messages. This can help others remain free from\u2014or be more willing to resist\u2014the dividing mindset.<\/p>\n<p>The four characteristics of connecting mindsets are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/respect\/\">Respect<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/accountability\/\">Accountability<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/fairness\/\">Fairness<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/transparency\/\">Transparency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"box\">Previous Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/dividing-mindset\/\" title=\"The Dividing Mindset\">The Dividing Mindset<\/a><br \/>\nNext Page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/from-principle-to-practice\/three-spheres-of-behavior\/\" title=\"Three Spheres of Behavior\">Three Spheres of Behavior<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/from-principle-to-practice\/lesson-4-abcs\/\">Lesson 4: Actions and Behaviors have Consequences<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do No Harm users talk about the mindsets that influence and shape our behaviors in ways that, in turn, influence and shape our impacts on any context. These are the \u201cdividing mindset\u201d and the \u201cconnecting mindset\u201d. Every person who intervenes in any context may choose which mindset to embody. The choice is the basis for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":10821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1638","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2759,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1638\/revisions\/2759"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.principletopractice.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}