Everything we do is in service of our needs. When this one concept is applied to our view of others, we'll see… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Instead of playing the game "Making Life Wonderful", we often play the game called "Who's Right". Do you know that game? It's… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
There are the two main reasons we don't get our needs met. First, we don't know how to express our needs to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Tragically, one of the rarest commodities in our culture is empathy. People are hungry for empathy, They don't know how to ask… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Fix-it jackals can't wait to fix it, because they don't know how to enjoy pain. And until you learn how to enjoy… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We know the speaker has received adequate empathy when a. we sense a release of tension, or b. the flow of words… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We never really know what we want until after we get it. If after we get it, it makes life more miserable,… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Every moment each human being is doing the best we know at that moment to meet our needs. We never do anything… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
To do this, you can bring in nothing from the past. So the more psychology you've studied, the harder it will be… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Understanding the other persons' needs does not mean you have to give up on your own needs. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Plans to exact retribution are never going to make us safer. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
What I want in my life is compassion a flow between myself and others based on mutual giving from the heart. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Staying with empathy we allow speakers to touch deeper levels of themselves. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Often, instead of offering empathy, we have a strong urge to give advice or reassurance and to explain our own position or feeling. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is founded on language and communication skills that strengthen our ability to remain human, even under trying conditions. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you think ahead to what to say next - like how to fix it or make the person feel better - BOOM! Off… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
