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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." — Mar 24, 2026 12:27AM
"Life in Sweden is so holistically fulfilling and tranquil that their heady psychological fiction is centered around the horror of being American. Gagged." — Mar 24, 2026 12:27AM
Katabasis
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This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional. “I’m sure it’s very nice below.”
“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
“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
“John F. Kennedy told students at American University in 1963, five months before he was assassinated. “In the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal.”
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
“The single biggest problem with communication,” said the playwright George Bernard Shaw, “is the illusion it has taken place.”
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
“The underlying mechanism that maintains closeness in marriage is symmetry,” one prominent researcher, John Gottman, wrote in the Journal of Communication. Happy couples “communicate agreement not with the speaker’s point of view or content, but with the speaker’s affect.” Happy couples ask each other more questions, repeat what the other person said, make tension-easing jokes, get serious together. The next time you feel yourself edging toward an argument, try asking your partner: “Do you want to talk about our emotions? Or do we need to make a decision together? Or is this about something else?”
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
― Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
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