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Marshall B. Rosenberg

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When I am angry I have a judgment and an unmet need.
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With empathy, I'm fully with them, not full of them — that's sympathy.
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As soon as you say, are you feeling X because I ... Then the Jackal starts to salivate because he can educate the person that he's the cause of his pain.
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If the other persons behavior is not in harmony with my own needs, the more I empathize with them and their needs, the more likely I am to get me own needs met.
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They have most likely said it because they have an unmet need.
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