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Reconcilable Differences: Connecting in a Disconnected World
A remarkable new way to move beyond biases and blind spots (especially if you don’t think you have any!) so you can communicate more effectively with a friend, lover, relative, or colleague
You know what it feels like to be “at odds” with someone. Sometimes it seems like you are speaking completely different languages. Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Dawna Markova and communication expert Angie McArthur have spent years developing and implementing tools to help people find common ground. In Reconcilable Differences, they provide the strategies you need to bridge the gap at the heart of your differences with others.
Each of us possesses rational the capacity to divide information into discrete categories, processes, and logical steps. But you may not realize that the secret to building bridges between people lies hidden in your relational the way you communicate, understand, learn, and trust. Reconcilable Differences shows you how to map mind patterns (the secret to pinpointing communication pitfalls) and identify thinking talents (the catalysts for peak performance). You will gain insights into how you learn in order to turn doubt into trust and uncertainty into productive engagement.
Brimming with anecdotes and advice not only from the authors’ files but also from their own experiences as a mother- and daughter-in-law who are like night and day, Reconcilable Differences is your guidebook for making profoundly positive change with those you care about.
Advance praise for Reconcilable Differences
“ Reconcilable Differences offers an inspiring way to bridge differences with someone you care about. It will help you identify and improve your relational intelligence, and become a better communicator in the process.” —Deepak Chopra, co-author of You Are the Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
“Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur offer an extremely insightful road map to navigating the diverse ways each of us approaches making ourselves understood, as well as the way we tend to hear others. The insights and strategies herein are simple and elegant. The advice is as invaluable for success at work as it is for success in life.” —Peter Sims, founder and CEO, Parliament, Inc., and author of Little How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries
“True communication begins with understanding yourself and the way you are being understood. This book is a powerful guide to self-analysis and bridge-building.” —Suzy Amis Cameron, co-founder, the MUSE School
You know what it feels like to be “at odds” with someone. Sometimes it seems like you are speaking completely different languages. Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Dawna Markova and communication expert Angie McArthur have spent years developing and implementing tools to help people find common ground. In Reconcilable Differences, they provide the strategies you need to bridge the gap at the heart of your differences with others.
Each of us possesses rational the capacity to divide information into discrete categories, processes, and logical steps. But you may not realize that the secret to building bridges between people lies hidden in your relational the way you communicate, understand, learn, and trust. Reconcilable Differences shows you how to map mind patterns (the secret to pinpointing communication pitfalls) and identify thinking talents (the catalysts for peak performance). You will gain insights into how you learn in order to turn doubt into trust and uncertainty into productive engagement.
Brimming with anecdotes and advice not only from the authors’ files but also from their own experiences as a mother- and daughter-in-law who are like night and day, Reconcilable Differences is your guidebook for making profoundly positive change with those you care about.
Advance praise for Reconcilable Differences
“ Reconcilable Differences offers an inspiring way to bridge differences with someone you care about. It will help you identify and improve your relational intelligence, and become a better communicator in the process.” —Deepak Chopra, co-author of You Are the Discovering Your Cosmic Self and Why It Matters
“Dawna Markova and Angie McArthur offer an extremely insightful road map to navigating the diverse ways each of us approaches making ourselves understood, as well as the way we tend to hear others. The insights and strategies herein are simple and elegant. The advice is as invaluable for success at work as it is for success in life.” —Peter Sims, founder and CEO, Parliament, Inc., and author of Little How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries
“True communication begins with understanding yourself and the way you are being understood. This book is a powerful guide to self-analysis and bridge-building.” —Suzy Amis Cameron, co-founder, the MUSE School
256 pages, Hardcover
First published September 5, 2017
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40 books64 followersDawna Markova’s passion awakens through storytelling and finding open questions to help people discover how to love the life they have been given.
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August 20, 2018
This book isn't exactly what I was expecting. However, there was a wealth of research and knowledge of how to better understand and relate to people on a personal level. I think I was hoping for "connecting in a disconnected world" on a broader scale.
October 28, 2017
Like other reviews I just found the thesis unmanageably complex. It might be fine for the practitioners and their business, but unwieldy for the individual. The general ideas are interesting, yet for me to buy into it I would need more data to support the underlying theory.
March 29, 2020
I didn’t love it. The authors decided to create some parameters to explain human behavior. Eh
March 29, 2020
Excellent with understandable details and good examples
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