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"We become more susceptible to emotional contagion, and more emotionally contagious ourselves, when we share something that feels raw, something that another person might judge. We might not care about their judgement, we might forget it as soon as we hear it, but the act of exposing ourselves to someone's scrutiny engenders a sense of intimacy."

"to communicate effectively, we must adot the perspective of another person both while speaking and listening."

"In a learning conversation, our goal is to understand what's going on inside others' heads, and to shre what's happening within our own. A learning conversation nudges us to pay better attention, listen more closely, speak more openly, and express what might otherwise go unsaid. It elicits alignment by convincing everyone that we want to genuinely understand one another, and revealing ways to connect."