To practice the process of conflict resolution, we must completely abandon the goal of getting people to do what we want. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The best way I can get understanding from another person is to give this person the understanding, too. If I want them… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
In our culture, most of us have been trained to ignore our own wants and to discount our needs. — 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
When we express our needs indirectly through the use of evaluations, interpretations, and images, others are likely to hear criticism. When people… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The kind of spirituality I value is one in which you get great joy out of contributing to life, not just sitting… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If you are a czar or a king or a president or someone that wants to control those below them you do… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We want people to change because they see better ways of meeting their needs at less cost, not because of fear that… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
This objective of getting what we want from other people-or getting them to do what we want them to do-threatens the autonomy… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you ride the wave, the thrill is so exhilarating that you forget everything else. You live in the moment where nothing… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
NVC is language, thoughts, communication skills and means of influence that serve my desire to do three things: 1) to liberate myself… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Two questions help us see why we are unlikely to get what we want by using punishment... The first question is: What… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
We want to take action out of the desire to contribute to life rather than out of fear, guilt, shame, or obligation. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
As long as I think I 'should' do it, I'll resist it, even if I want very much to do it. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If we want to be compassionate we must be conscious of the words we use. We must both speak and listen from… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If we want to make meetings productive, we need to keep track of those whose requests are on the table. — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you are in a jackal environment, never give them the power to submit or rebel. We want to teach this to… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I find that my cultural conditioning leads me to focus attention on places where I am unlikely to get what I want.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Also, think about your intentionality - are you getting lost in the method? or coming from the intentionality, the purpose? You don't… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
If we ask two questions, we will see that punishment never works. First: What do we want the other person to do?… — 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
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
