Ezgi Çakmak

“Intellectual understanding of a problem blocks the kind of presence that empathy requires. When we are thinking about people's words and listening to how they connect to our theories, we are looking at people - we are not with them.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

“The more we interpret noncompliance as rejection, the more likely our requests will be heard as demands, This leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy, for the more people hear demands, the less they enjoy being around us.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

“Assuming that something is ugly will stay ugly is an easy forecast to make. And it's persuasive, because it doesn't require imagining the world changing.”
― Morgan Housel, The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness

“Empathy is a respectful understanding of what others are experiencing. We often have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. Empathy, however, calls upon us to empty our mind and listen to others with our whole being.”
― Marshall B. Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life