The Pink Elephant Project recognizes that we are all individuals interpreting the world with a perspective individually shaped by our childhood and life experiences - and because of this, for any set of circumstances, there are as many interpretations as there are people viewing those issues.

By creating awareness of these human, kneejerk responses, and recognition that the other person simply has a varying perspective from our own, we begin to demystify communication...and begin to stop protecting ourselves, explore the triggers that cause conflict, and start having more effective conversations.

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The last bouquet of flowers has long since wilted. The passion and elation have been mostly extinguished, replaced with a generic post-workday greeting and a silent dinner in front of the television, before one goes off to surf the web and the other goes to the bedroom to curl up with a book.

Nothing's necessarily "wrong"...it's just an uninspiring way to live, simply going through the motions. And eventually, the withering communication further devolves into deeply polarized arguments - arguments about finances, about housework, about spending too much time out with friends - where no one can see eye to eye anymore and they just insist on making the other person wrong.

Don't you want to be inspired every day that you wake up? Don't you want life with your significant other to be an adventure, a provocative relationship sealed by an impenetrable emotional bond? Introduce them to the Pink Elephant and embark on your renewed life journey.

A question is posed to a spirited classroom. A grade-school child raises his hand, confidently broadcasting the answer to his teacher and peers...and to his horror, gets it wrong. Met with a resounding chorus of laughter, taunts and ridicule from his classmates, his cheeks burn with embarrassment as he hangs his head. He continues to stare at the ground throughout the rest of the day. Entering the relative safety of home, he finally raises his head, standing immobile for a moment, defeated, and observes mom circling the kitchen in a flurry of activity. Sighing heavily, he turns and silently trudges up to his room, alone.

Moments like these are what shape children. Once met with apathy, anger, or ridicule, they learn to protect themselves by limiting self-expression and thus, human interaction. A fundamental part of childhood development, self-expression is stifled in environments that are absent of respect, love, and compassion, and these children often find difficulty opening up to others as they mature.

Give your child a gift that will be forever unmatched in positively shaping their adult life – the gift of self-expression – by introducing them to the world of the Pink Elephant.

A middle manager has been nagging his team for weeks. It has taken its toll, the oppressive environment now lending only to an unspoken, underlying sense of trepidation, fatigue and discontent. Not wanting to rattle the cage (in interest of protecting themselves and their jobs), they continue along uninspired – the desire to collaborate smothered – and are replaced with listless, solitary automatons whose most innovating, impassioned work of the day is their daydream of escape.

What is the lack of self-expression in your workplace costing you, your employees, your co-workers, and your company? Disempowered, disenchanted employees are concerned primarily about protecting themselves rather than sticking their neck out to further the company – making a monumental impact on both your company's culture, and its profit. The results can often be disastrous.

Want to be on the cutting edge of innovative, trend-setting profitable companies? Give renewed life to your company…make it a Pink Elephant Workplace, and stand back and revel in its metamorphosis.