The Different Drum
by M. Scott Peck
Community-making: the four stages (pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness, true community) and what it takes to get a group through them. Peck's most ambitious book and useful for anyone who leads groups.
Read it if…
you lead a group and want to understand why it stays shallow.
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Skip it if…
you want individual growth.
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Three things you will actually use
- Pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness, community.
- Emptiness is the hard door.
- True community requires conflict survived.
Do this first
Read the chapter on the four stages and identify your group's stage.
Our verdict
Community, in four stages.
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