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Marshall B. Rosenberg

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There are the two main reasons we don't get our needs met. First, we don't know how to express our needs to begin with and second if we do, we forget to put a clear request after it, or we use vague words like appreciate, listen, recognize, know, be real, and stuff like that.
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Self-empathy in NVC means checking in with your own feelings and needs.
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People have been trained to criticize, insult, and otherwise communicate in ways that create distance among people.
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A need is life seeking expression within us.
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Remember that whatever anyone does, it is an effort to meet a need.
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Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.
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If people just asked: Here are the needs of both sides, here are the resources. What can be done to meet these needs? the conflict would be easy to resolve.
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We need empathy to give empathy. When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (a) stop, breathe, give ourselves empathy, (b) scream nonviolently, or (c) take time out.
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Anger can be a wonderful wake up call to help you understand what you need and what you value.
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What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause.
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In NVC, no matter what words others may use to express themselves, we simply listen for their observations, feelings, needs, and requests.
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Children need far more than basic skills in reading, writing, and math, as important as those might be. Children also need to learn how to think for themselves, how to find meaning in what they learn, and how to work and live together.
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Empathy lies in our ability to be present without opinion.
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By maintaining our attention on what's going on within others, we offer them a chance to fully explore and express their interior selves. We would stem this flow if we were to shift attention too quickly either to their request or to our own desire to express ourselves.
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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.
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To be able to hear our own feelings and needs and to empathize with them can free us from depression.
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How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse.
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I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways we hope. In fact, they are likely to backfire.
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The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things 'because we're supposed to.
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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.
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