Robert Granat
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"Life in Sweden is so holistically fulfilling and tranquil that their heady psychological fiction is centered around the horror of being American. Gagged." — 17 hours, 29 min ago
"Life in Sweden is so holistically fulfilling and tranquil that their heady psychological fiction is centered around the horror of being American. Gagged." — 17 hours, 29 min ago
Circe
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Beneath the smooth, familiar face of things is another that waits to tear the world in two.
“This refusal of gender critics to read the texts they oppose—or to learn how best to read them—makes sense only if reading is taken to be an uncritical exercise. And if an uncritical reading or reception of the texts they deem authoritative is what they defend, they more purely illustrate what is properly called an ideological or dogmatic position, that is, one that refuses questions, challenges, and a spirit of open inquiry. This attitude is part of the broader anti-intellectual trend marked by its hostility to all forms of critical thought.”
― Who's Afraid of Gender?
― Who's Afraid of Gender?
“Effective communication requires recognizing what kind of conversation is occurring, and then matching each other. On a very basic level, if someone seems emotional, allow yourself to become emotional as well. If someone is intent on decision making, match that focus. If they are preoccupied by social implications, reflect their fixation back to them.”
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
“Reading is not just a pastime or a luxury – but a precondition of democratic life.”
― Who’s Afraid of Gender?
― Who’s Afraid of Gender?
“Miscommunication occurs when people are having different kinds of conversations. If you are speaking emotionally, while I’m talking practically, we are, in essence, using different cognitive languages. (This explains why, when you complain about your boss—“Jim is driving me crazy!”—and your spouse responds with a practical suggestion—“What if you just invited him to lunch?”—it’s more apt to create conflict than connection: “I’m not asking you to solve this! I just want some empathy.”)”
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
“Specifically, we want to learn how the people around us see the world and help them understand our perspectives in turn.”
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
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