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Foreword

I am a collector of things and information that I find useful or that someone else might need. You can imagine that storing red glass heart buttons from children’s clothes, old Nivea tins, and historical recipe books – and getting excited the moment someone is looking for just that – has its limits. But I actually kept it up for quite a long time. One of my favorite childhood memories ist that while walking in the woods with my father I was able to conjure up a little shovel from my backpack at just the right moment, when he sadly stood in front of a beech sapling he would have liked to plant in his little woodland. (Yes, I know that nowadays we definitely do not take saplings from the forest.)

Keeping information is a little easier. No matter what I was reading, I used to cut out everything and file it away. Today I’m always quick with my cell phone camera to photograph interesting paragraphs or book titles. My kids can tell you a thing or two about getting such important information from me. In fact, they don’t find this information half as important as I do … Maybe you know what I mean.

In the work preferences model “Team Management System” that I have enjoyed working with for a good 20 years,² my role is that of a Reporter Advisor. In my teachings I like to talk about the piles of books on bedside tables, something that can be found in many people’s homes who work in this style. The piles of books that are now sitting next to me for the citations are a demonstration of that.

Unfortunately one characteristic of Reporter Advisors is that they never finish collecting knowledge. That’s why it took me a long time to decide to write a book without being able to include every bit of information I would like to. This book is my own personal collection of information and exercises. If you see that two topics seem alike it was designed this way to reinforce what you have learned or that you can choose the appropriate exercises.

I can honestly say that my regular exposure to these topics and the practice it provides me with have made me a happier and more balanced person.

Please decide for yourself how you want to work with this book. It covers the essence of what I have learned on the subject of feelings in my professional work since 1979 and what I have shared in my feelings letters from 2008 until now. So take your time. You may also be inspired to read some of the books I cited. In the footnotes you will find references to the authors I have found helpful. You will find the correct page numbers from the corresponding books in the footnotes. In the bibliography you can see which of these books are also available in English. I highly recommend all the books mentioned.

Lilli Höch-Corona

2 Team Management System to Margerison-McCann www.team.energy/team-management-profil/