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Marshall B. Rosenberg

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Upset? Ask yourself what this person does that is a trigger for judging them?
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My anger tells me firstly that there's a need of mine that's not getting met.
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I don't think you can have an authentic connection when one person is diagnosing the other.
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We can never make anyone do anything against their will without enormous consequences.
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If we ask two questions, we will see that punishment never works. First: What do we want the other person to do? Second: What do we want the other person's reasons to be for doing as we request?
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Learning is too precious to be motivated by coercive tactics.
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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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With empathy we don't direct, we follow. Don't just do something, be there.
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If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table.
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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.
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Anger is a signal that you're distracted by judgmental or punitive thinking, and that some precious need of yours is being ignored.
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Two things distinguish nonviolent actions from violent actions. First, you don't see an enemy and second, your intention is not to make the other side suffer.
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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.
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It's harder to empathize with those who appear to possess more power, status, or resources.
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What others do may be the stimulus of our feelings, but never the cause.
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Any time you throw pain at a Jackal without a clear present request, within a millisecond he'll jump in.
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Intellectual understanding blocks empathy.
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Don't hate the circumstance, you may miss the blessing
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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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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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