You'll find people less threatening if you hear what they're needing rather than what they're thinking about you.
Marshall B. RosenbergAlways listen to what people need rather than what they are thinking about us.
Marshall B. RosenbergThe Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read this statement, the thought, 'What nonsense!' shot through my mind before I realized that I had just made an evaluation.
Marshall B. RosenbergI don't think you can have an authentic connection when one person is diagnosing the other.
Marshall B. RosenbergWe never really know what we want until after we get it. If after we get it, it makes life more miserable, we know that isn't what we wanted. If it makes our life wonderful, we know this is a strategy which will meet out need. That's why Paul Tillich, the theologian says we need to sin courageously. You ask for what you want, hoping to meet your needs. If you get it and it makes life worse, you learn that this isn't what I want.
Marshall B. Rosenberg