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Karen’s Quotes

“You break the momentum by asking the other person, “How did we get to this tense place?”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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“I want to understand your point of view as much as possible. What am I missing here?”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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“The Germans (of course) have a word for it: herzensbildung, training one’s heart to see the full humanity in another.”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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“TREAT ATTENTION AS AN ON/OFF SWITCH, NOT A DIMMER.”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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“When somebody is talking to you about pain in their life, even in those cases when you may think their pain is performative or exaggerated, it’s best not to try to yank the conversations back to your frame. Your first job is to stay within the other person’s standpoint to more fully understand how the world looks to them.”
― David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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