A need is life seeking expression within us.

We can't win at somebody else's expense. We can only fully be satisfied when the other person's needs are fulfilled as well as our own.

If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table.

All that has been integrated into NVC has been known for centuries about consciousness, language, communication skills, and use of power that enable us to maintain a perspective of empathy for ourselves and others, even under trying conditions.

Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see that we have no real enemies, that what others do to us is the best possible thing they know to do to get their needs met.

Our survival as a species depends on our ability to recognize that our well-being and the well-being of others are in fact one and the same.

People do not hear our pain when they believe they are at fault.