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“I’ve lived a long time knowing I’m a threat walking. I’d rather that wasn’t the shape of it for you.”
“We might still believe a negative story about our opponent, and we will continue to disagree about many things. But usually, relationships make it harder to dismiss and dehumanize other people.”
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
“I wish I could appear everywhere in my life the way I felt called to appear those two times,” she said. “Present, open, able to be surprised.”
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
“In his head, he’d ask himself three questions: Does it need to be said? If the answer was yes, then he’d ask himself: Does it need to be said by me? And if still yes: Does it need to be said by me right now? It was surprising how often the answer was No.”
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
“Listening doesn’t mean agreeing. It doesn’t mean legitimizing or amplifying what other people say.”
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
“One fundamental lesson for anyone who wants to cultivate healthy conflict is to complicate the narrative early and often.”
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
― High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out
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