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Back-channeling, asking follow-up questions, paraphrasing, lavishing credit, and on-topic interrupting are fantastic tactics we can all work on, but ultimately, verbal expressions of responsive listening can be even simpler: Just repeat or
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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
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“Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.”
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“There is a vast asymmetry in the dynamic here that Billy can’t quite put his finger on, even though it’s the elephant shitting all over the room.”
― Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
― Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
“You don’t sound like a scientist, you sound like a poet.”
Rey smiled, “Can I be both?”
But you’d rather be a poet.”
Who wouldn’t?” he said.”
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Rey smiled, “Can I be both?”
But you’d rather be a poet.”
Who wouldn’t?” he said.”
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