Quote

Get very clear about the kind of world we would like and then start living that way.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Marshall B. Rosenberg
World
Communication
Clear
Start
Living
Kind
Way
Would
Like

More quotes by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Image
What bores the listener bores the speaker too.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Instead of playing the game Making Life Wonderful, we often play the game called Who's Right. Do you know that game? It's a game where everybody loses.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
We are compassionate with ourselves when we are able to embrace all parts of ourselves and recognize the needs and values expressed by each part.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
We want people to change because they see better ways of meeting their needs at less cost, not because of fear that we're going to punish them, or 'guilt' them if they don't. This applies to ourselves as well.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
In a Giraffe institution, the head nurse job would be to serve the nurses, not to control them. Teachers are there to serve the students, not control them.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
I wouldn't expect someone who's been injured to hear my side until they felt that I had fully understood the depth of their pain.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet need.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
I believe that the most joyful and intrinsic motivation human beings have for taking any action is the desire to meet our needs and the needs of others.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Time and again, people transcend the paralyzing effects of psychological pain when they have sufficient contact with someone who can hear them empathically.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Don't get addicted to your requests. Your objective is needs, not requests. Because then it becomes a demand.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Also, think about your intentionality - are you getting lost in the method? or coming from the intentionality, the purpose? You don't want to do the mechanics without the consciousness.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
A need is life seeking expression within us.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
We are designed for Giving
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Focusing on the unmet need (not the judgment) is more likely to get the need met.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Empathy gives you the ability to enjoy another person's pain.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
When we judge others we contribute to violence.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
Compliments and praise, for their part, are tragic expressions of fulfilled needs
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
The only time a message (label) can scare us is if we think there is such a thing, and that such a thing is a disgrace.
Marshall B. Rosenberg
Image
You'll find people less threatening if you hear what they're needing rather than what they're thinking about you.
Marshall B. Rosenberg