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Needs are the expression of life through us.

Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Labeling and diagnosis is a catastrophic way to communicate. Telling other people what's wrong with them greatly reduces, almost to zero, the probability that we're going to get what we're after.
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Criticism, analysis, and insults are tragic expressions of unmet needs.
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